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Christophers genealogy
TO PERMANENTLY RECORD, BY PUBLICATION,
GENEALOGICAL INFORMATION RELATIVE TO
THOSE GONE BEFORE, IS A COMMENDABLE DUTY
WHICH SHOULD BE PERFORMED BY THE LIVING
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE YET TO COME.
JOHN R. TOTTEN.
CHRISTOPHERS GENEALOGY.
JEFFREY' AND CHRISTOPHER' CHRISTOPHERS
OF
NLW LONDON, CONN.,
AND THLIR DESCENDANTS.
Compiled by
JOHN R. TOTTLN.
Member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; New England Historic-
Genealogical Society; New London County, Conn., Historical Society; New York His
torical Society; New England Society in the City of New York; New York State Society
of the Sons of the Revolution: Mayflower Society of the State of New York; New York
State Society of the Colonial Wars; Society of American Wars; Trustee and Chairman
of the Executive Committee of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society;
Editor of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.
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Qv^ April, 1919, to July, 1921, inclusive.
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JEFFREY1 CHRISTOPHERS
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Fifth Generation
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Portrait of the compiler, John R. Totten . . . Frontispiece
Portrait of Hon. Christopher3 Christophers facing 6l
Portrait of Sarah (Prout) Christophers facing 62
[Reprinted from tlie Neiv York Genealogical and Biographical Record.]
CHRISTOPHERS FAMILY.
Contributed by John R. Totten,
Member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, the New England
Historic-Genealogical Society, and the New London County Historical Society.
Owing to the prominence of this family in the early colonial days
of Connecticut, and to the intermingling of the Christophers blood
with the best blood of New London, Connecticut, and of Eastern
Long Island, New York, and especially due to the fact that at pre-
sent (in so far as I am informed) the male line is practically extinct,
— I have deemed it desirable to perpetuate in printed record such in-
formation as I have collected relative to the origin of this family in
America ; and to show the lines of descent of those bearing the Chris-
tophers surname, and (on account of the almost complete extinction
of the male line) to show a more extensive than usual tracing of the
Christophers strain of blood down the female lines of descent.
Two brothers of the name of Christophers, both mariners, and
both engaged in the shipping exchange trade with Barbadoes, settled
in New London, Conn., about 1665. Their names were respectively
Jeffrey and Christopher Christophers. Jeffrey, the elder, was aged
fifty-five in 1676, and was therefore born about 1621. Christopher
died July 23, 1687, aged fifty-six, and hence was born about 1631.
That they were brothers is conclusively established by documents on
record in New London, wherein this relationship is specifically
expressed.
These brothers are supposed to have arrived in New London,
either direct from England, or indirectly by way of Barbadoes.
Savage, in his Genealogical Dictionary, states that Christopher
Christophers brought his family to this country directly from Bar-
badoes. On what authority he made this statement, I do not know,
but it may well be so, as English colonists in those days, many of
them, made Barbadoes their port of destination. But as Christopher1
Christophers' son Richard2 Christophers was born in Cherston-
Ferrers, on Torbay, near Dartmouth, Devonshire, England, on July
13, 1662, and also in view of the fact that ChristopheriChristophers
appeared in New London in 1665, — it is evident that the stay of the
brothers Jeffrey and Christopher in Barbadoes was only of short
duration.
The parentage of these two brothers is not known, nor is the
place of their residence in England known; but as Christopher1
Christophers had a son born in Cherston-Ferrers, Devonshire, Eng-
land, that locality has been regarded as possibly their place of resi-
dence prior to emigration, although no definite information that such
is the case, has to my knowledge up to the present time, been dis-
covered.
The family, therefore, starts in this country with these two
brothers of the first generation with no known connection with their
probable mother country, England, viz. : —
-|-i. Jeffrey1 Christophers.
-\-2. Christopher1 Christophers.
Jeffrey1 Christophers and His Descendants
i. Jeffrey1 Christophers (parentage unknown), b. , about
about 1621 (he was 55 years old in 1676), in (Devonshire,
England, possibly) ; he resided in , Devonshire, England,
possibly, in Barbadoes, possibly, in New London, Conn., as
early as 1665, and in Southold, Long Island, N. Y., as early as
July 8, 1700; he was a mariner engaged in the exchange ship-
ping trade from New London to the Island of Barbadoes ; he
died at Southold, Long Island, N. Y. (possibly), as that was
his last known place of residence, , subsequent to July 8,
1700, on which date he made and signed a deed in Southold
which deed is quoted below ; he was probably buried in South-
old, although we have no record of such burial. He married
? probably previous to 1665, the year of his appearance in
New London, in , England, probably, to ? (whose
baptismal name and maiden surname are unknown to us ; there
is no reference to her either in the New London or Southold
records), born , at ; d. , at . Her parentage
is not known.
Children: 3 that are known of and possibly 4 (Christophers), 1
son and 2 (or 3) daughters, viz.: —
+3 i. Jeffrey,2 b. ; d. May 17, 1690; m. Jane ?
+4 ii. Joanna,2 b. ; d. ; m. John Mayhew.
-j-5 iii. Margaret,2 b. ; d. June l," 1728; m. (1) Abra-
ham Corey; m. (2) John Parker.
+6 iv. (?) a daughter,2 b. ; d. ; m. (according to
Caulkins' History of New London, p. 316, and also
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England,
Vol. I, p. 383) John Packer (or Parker). I think
both Caulkins and Savage are in error in regard to
the existence of this daughter for reasons which I
will subsequently set forth in full.
Jeffrey1 Christophers is supposed to have arrived in New Lon-
don at about the same time as his brother Christopher1 Christophers,
1665 ! but his name does not appear on the records of that town at
so early a date. He was a mariner and sailed from New London as
master of his own ship, and was engaged in trade with Barbadoes.
The commercial relations between New London and Barbadoes
were more intimate than that of New London with any other dis-
tant port. Two voyages were made by a vessel yearly. Horses,
cattle, beef, pork and sometimes pipe-staves were exchanged for
sugar and molasses ; and at a later period for rum. An interchange
of inhabitants between the two places occasionally took place.
Agencies from New London were established on the island and sev-
eral persons emigrating from Barbadoes became permanent residents
of New London. The Barbadoes trade was the most lucrative busi-
ness of the period. Merchants of Hartford, Middletown and
Wethersfield, Conn., made shipments from New London. Captains
of vessels hailing from other towns often took their cargoes on at
New London. The following receipt shows the comparative value
of two of the principal articles of exchange, viz. : —
"Barbadoes: — I, underwrit, do hereby acknowledge to have re-
ceived of Mr. Jeffrey Christophers, one bl., of pork pr. account of
Mr. Benjamin Brewster, the which I have sold for 300 lbs. of sugar,
(sgd) Elisha Sanford, August 13th, 1671."
"True copy of the receipt which was sent to Barbadoes by Mr.
Giles Hamlin in the ship John and James, October 29th, 1671.
(sgd) Charles Hill,
Recorder."
Jeffrey1 Christophers remained some years an inhabitant of
New London ; but later in life he removed to Southold, N. Y. The
date of his removal is not known, but it was undoubtedly in his
declining years after retirement from the sea; and he probably
went there to pass his remaining years with his daughter Mar-
garet2 Christophers who had previously married Abraham Corey
and was living in Southold. He was an inhabitant of Southold
in July, 1700, as is shown by the following deed copied from the
published records of that town, viz.: — "p. 50 [abstract] :,
To all Christian people: — Know ye that Jeffrey Christophers,
late of New London, in ye Colony of Connecticut, Mariner, now
of Southold, Province of New York, for valuable consideration
doe by these presents give, grant, bargaine and sell unto my son-
in-law and daughter Margaret Corye, wife of Abraham Corye of
Southold, that percell of land or ground on which my house in
New London now stands, containing also the yards and garden
plot joyning to ye said house as now they are impaled or inclosed
(excepting only a sufficient landing place, and way or passage
which is to be left of common use, to give to and from ye Grist
Mill by land and water) : this said way being the bounds' of this
ground towards the West — ye land of John Winthrope, Esq.
without ye garden plott to be ye bounds Eastward: The Street
between Mr. Winthrope's orchard and ye said grounds the bounds
Northward: and ye Mill Cove or Creek the bounds to ye South-
ward.
Witness my hand and seale this 8th day of July 1700
his
(sgd) Jeoffery (X) Christophers
Witnesses : — mark-
Jacob Corye, John Peck, John Spery
Acknowledged before me ye 19th day of August 1700
(sgd) John Tuthill
Entered September ye 30th 1700 per Benjamin Yongs, Rdr."
Jeffrey2 Christophers, only son of Jeffrey1 Christophers, died
May 17, 1690, without issue; and therefore the perpetuation of
the Christophers name, even at this early period of the family's
history, devolved upon the male descendants of Christopher1
Christophers.
Authorities :
Caulkins' History of New London, p. 316.
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England, Vol. I, p. 383.
Town Records of Southold, Long Island, N. Y., Vol. II, Liber "C," p.
115.
Indexes of Southold, L. I., by C. B. Moore, pp. 73, 142.
Second Generation.
3. Jeffery2 Christophers (Jeffery1), born , at ; he
was a mariner, and d. May 17, 1690, of smallpox (see old
book of Records, New London, Conn., page 53) at New Lon-
don, Conn.; m. , at , to Jane ? (whose bap-
tismal name and maiden surname and parentage are not
known), b. , at ; d. June 7, 1690, about ("3 weeks,
subsequent to the death of her husband"), at New London,
Conn.
Children: (Christophers). None that are known of.
Jeffery2 Christophers was the only son of his father, and,
therefore, dying without issue, the Christophers name became ex-
tinct with his death among the descendants of his father.
Authority :
Caulkins' History of New London, p. 316.
4. Joanna2 Christophers (Jeffery1), born , at ; died
, at ; married Dec. 26, 1676 (or Dec. 25, 1676, ac-
cording to page 44 of old book of Records of New London),
at New London, Conn., to John Mayhew, born , at ,
who was a mariner and came from Devonshire, England, his
name first appearing on the New London records after 1670;
he died , 1696, at . His parentage is not known.
Children: 6 (Mayhew), 2 sons and 4 daughters, all born in
New London, Conn.
+7 i. John,3 b. Dec. 15, 1677; bap. First Church, New
London, Sept. 29, 1678; d. Sept. 26, 1726, m.
Sarah Latham.
+8 ii. Wait,3 b. Oct. 4, 1680; bap. First Church, New
London, Dec. 12, 1680; d. , 1707; not mar-
ried.
-\-g iii. Elizabeth,3 b. Feb. 8, 1682-3; bap. First Church,
New London, Feb. 11, 1682-3; d. March 8, 1721-
2; m. (intention published New London, Sun-
day, March 18, 1715-16) Daniel Hall.
+ 10 iv. Joanna,3 b. ; bap. First Church, New Lon-
don, June 9, 1693; d. ; m. Joseph Tolman
(or Talman).
5
— f— i r v. Mary,3 b. ; bap. First Church, New London,
June 9, 1693; d. April 24, 1765; m. Joshua Youngs.
-f-12 vi. Patience,3 b. ; bap. First Church, New Lon-
don, June 9, 1693.
John Mayhew, Senior, appears first in New London in the list
of inhabitants in 1676; he was a mariner by occupation, — being
one of that class of individuals who made their principal home
on the deep and their temporary abiding place in New London.
He was one of the assistants of Thomas Dymond, master of the
barque Providence, when on Nov. 28, 1679, that vessel was
wrecked and lost off Fisher's Island Point. Dymond and his
assistants, John Mayhew, and Ezekiel Turner, barely escaping
with their lives.
Authorities :
Caulkins' History of New London, p. 336.
History of First Church, New London, pp. 452, 453, 454, 457.
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England, Vol. Ill, p. 184.
Moore's Indexes of Southold, N. Y ., pp. 101, 137.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 8, 9, 15.
Hempsteads Diary, pp. 54, 119, 175.
5. Margaret2 Christophers (Jeffery1), born , at ;
died June 19, 1728, at Southold, N. Y., and was probably
buried there but no gravestone marks her grave; married (1)
(probably between 1677 and 1680 — see probable date of
birth of her children), at , to Abraham2 Corey, born
? (before his father John1 Corey appeared on Long
Island, N. Y., on March 7, 1644; his father John1 Corey
signed a deed at Southold, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1660, in which he
John1 Corey quit claims for himself, wife Ann and son John2
Corey all their respective interests in certain property. It
would seem therefore that his eldest son John2 Corey was of
age at that date, but that Abraham2 Corey, a younger son was
not of age Oct. 11, 1660. We conclude therefore that he was
born subsequent to Oct. 11, 1639), at ; he lived at South-
old, N. Y., and was a cooper; he died Sept. II, 1702 (will
dated May 19, 1702; proved Oct. 14, 1702), at Southold,
N. Y., and was buried there Sept. 11, 1702, no gravestone.
He was a son of John1 Corey, a weaver by trade, who settled
in Southold, N. Y., after the year 1644 (see Southold Town
Records, Vol. I, page 171) and his wife Ann ? (whose
maiden surname is not known).
Children: 5 (Corey), 2 sons and 3 daughters, all probably
born at Southold, N. Y. The order of their birth as given is
not vouched for: —
— {— 13 i. Abraham,3 b. , about 1680; (he was called
eldest son in his father's will and was not 25
years of age at date of that will. May 19, 1702);
m. Mary Paine.
-I-14 ii. Elizabeth,3 b. , 1681 ; d. April 11, 1751, "in
her 71st year;" m. (1) Samuel Hutchinson; m.
(2) John Budd, as his 2nd wife.
+ 15 iii. John3, b. about January — , 1686; d. July 13,
1754; m. Dorothy Hobart. He is called 2nd son
in his father's will dated May 19, 1702, and was
not 25 years old on that date.
-j-16 iv. Mary,3 b. ; d. ; she still retained her
maiden surname Corey in 1698; and at the date
of her father's will, May 19, 1702; she had been
twice married, and on that date was the wife of
William Bradley; m. (1) ? m. (2) William
Bradley.
-{-17 v. Dorothy,3 b. ; d. ; she was not married
up to May 19, 1702.
John1 Corey of Southampton and Southold, N. Y. (the father
of Abraham2 Corey), is first mentioned at Southampton on March
7, 1644, as Whale Commissioner for his district. He received a
grant of land the following day. On Oct. 8, 1649, ne was a resi-
dent of Southold; he and his wife Ann being witnesses to a deed
there on that date. In 1659 he refused to take the oath of allegi-
ance to New Haven; but subsequently in 1660 did take that oath.
He, "Goodman" Corey was made a freeman of Connecticut in
1662.
From Moore's Indexes of Southold, N. Y '., p. 13, we extract
the following abstract of the chronological record of John1 Corey
as taken from the records of that town: —
1653: Perhaps in Europe (see 5 State Trials, p. 359).
1659: Refused to take oath of allegiance to New Haven Colony.
1659: March 9th, received deed from John Budd for home lot
and land at Hashamomach, but was called a Quaker and
objected to by his neighbors.
1660: Sued by John Conkling and John Budd, Jr., for letting
hogs run at large.
1660: Took oath of allegiance to New Haven.
1660: Oct. 11. Gave deed to John Conkling for John Salmon, of
land in Hashamomach.
1662: "Goodman" Corey admitted a freeman of Connecticut.
1664: Deed from G. and S. Jones for dwelling house and four
acres.
1655: Deed from Barnabas Wines for several parcels to him as
John Corey, Senior.
1675 : Rated on 1 ox, 2 horses, etc., £44.
1680: Release from son Abraham Corey of debts.
1680: Deeds to his son Isaac2 Corey all of his lands, reserving life
estate.
In the June 28, 1680, release of Abraham2 Corey to his father
John1 Corey, Abraham2 Corey signs over to his father John1 Corey
all his interest in the estate of his father's, John1 Corey's estate.
This was probably done to clear the way for John1 Corey to deed
all of his lands to his son Isaac2 Corey in consideration of a life
estate in same, and probably also maintenance during the re-
mainder of his life; the deed to his son Isaac- Corey was dated
July 6, 1680.
From Moore's Indexes of Southold, N. Y '., we obtain the fol-
lowing abstract of the chronological record of Abraham2 Corey as
taken from the records of that town : —
1675 : Rated on 4 acres, 7 cattle, 2 horses, etc., etc., £76.
1678: United in deed to E. Petty in exchange of common lands.
1680: Release of his father John1 Corey from debts.
1681 : Witness to deed of John Tuthill to Jasper Griffing.
1682: Witness to will of W. Hallock.
1685: Deed to John Tuthill, land in Oyster Ponds.
1686: 4 males and 3 females in his family.
1697: May 24. Abraham2 Corey and Margaret Corey deed to
Peter Hallock land in Southold; deed recorded June 21,
1708, and in this deed Abraham2 Corey is styled a cooper.
From Pelletreau's Early Long Island Wills, p. 74, we have a
copy of the will of John Sammis, of Huntington, L. I., N. Y.,
dated Nov. 28, 1693. In this will the testator speaks of Abraham2
Corey and Isaac2 Corey as "my brothers-in-law." This is ac-
counted for by the fact that Abigail2 Corey, daughter of John1
Corey married John Sammis of Huntington.
On pp. 256-60 of same book of wills, we find the full text of
the will of Abraham2 Corey of Southold, N. Y. Will was dated
May 19, 1702, and was proved Oct. 14, 1702. Witnesses: David
Young, Joshua Young, Stephen Bailey. Executors : wife Mar-
garet and sons Abraham and John. In this will he mentions his
wife Margaret; his eldest son Abraham; his 2nd son John; his
daughter Mary "now the wife of William Bradlev, besides what
1 lent her at her first marriage;" his daughter Elizabeth, "now ye
wife of Samuel Hutchinson ;" his nephew [context shows that he
means niece] Patience Mayhew (see record No. 12 of this article,
daughter of Joanna2 Christophers by her husband John Mayhew),
"if she remain with my executors until she comes of age;" he also
makes it clear that neither his son Abraham3 nor John3 were 25
years old at date of the will May 19, 1702; mentions also his
daughter Dorothy3 Corey who was not married at date of will ;
mentions also grandson Elijah Hutchinson.
In Vol. II, pp. 1 18-19, 0I Southold Town Records, John1
Corey, Senior, deeds to his son Abraham2 Corey all his interest in
house and home-lot that he John1 Corey bought August 26, 1665,
from Barnabas and Mary Winds of Southold; date of deed Sept.
6, 1680, and the transfer was recorded August 13, 1705, three
years subsequent to Abraham2 Corey's death.
Southold Indexes, p. 13, states that John1 Corey probably
married Margaret ? who was living in 1686 with 1 male and
2 females in her family. The deeds on record quoted above cer-
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tainly show that John1 Corey had a wife Ann on Oct. 8, 1649.
This wife Ann may have died subsequent to that date and John1
Corey may have married a second wife named Margaret. But I
do not think he did. I think that the Margaret Corey who in
1686 was living in Southold with 1 male and 2 females in her
family was Margaret (Christophers) Corey, wife of Abraham2
Corey. We have direct evidence that John1 Corey had a wife
Ann; but no evidence that he had a wife Margaret; whereas we
have direct evidence that Abraham2 Corey did marry Margaret2
Christophers.
Margaret2 (Christophers) Corey remained a widow as late as
Sept. 14, 1705, as on that date she is deeded to under name of Mar-
garet Corey and the deed was recorded Oct. 8, 1705.
Margaret2 (Christophers) Corey, widow of Abraham2 Corey,
married (2) (subsequent to Sept. 14, 1705), at Southold,
N. Y., probably, to John Parker (or Packer), as his second wife
(his first wife was Abigail (Tuthill) Conklin, widow of Joseph
Conklin, and she died June 6, 1705, and was buried at Southold, N.
Y., June 8, 1705), born , 1657, about (see age at and date of
death), at ? he lived successively at Southampton, Southold
and Riverhead, Long Island, N. Y. He was styled a doctor and
was also a fuller, owning a fulling mill at Riverhead; he died at
Mattituck, Long Island, N. Y., Feb. 9 (or 7) 1727, aged 70 (see
New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. XXXII,
pp. 135-6), and was buried in the Mattituck Cemetery about 15
rods southwest from church, gravestone. His parentage has not
been determined.
Children: ? (Parker). None that are known of.
John Parker, married (1) ? (after Nov. 23, 1698, the
date of death of her first husband) to Abigail (Tuthill) Conklin
(widow of Joseph Conklin*), born Oct. 17, 1670, at Southold,
N. Y. ; died June 6, 1705, "being at the time of her death wife of
John Parker," at Southold, N. Y., and was buried there June 8,
1705. She was a daughter of John and Deliverance (King) Tut-
hill, of Southold, N. Y.
Children: 2 (Parker) daughters. Not in Christophers line.
+ 17A. Abigail, b. Feb. 28, 1703; d. April 4, 1779; m. Aug. (or May)
29, 1723, to Joseph Wickham.
+ 17B. Mary, b. ; d. ; m. William Albertson.
Southold Town Records, Vol. II, p. 92, gives undoubted au-
thority for the existence of John Parker's two daughters as given
above; and from the deed which is quoted below it would seem
♦Joseph Conklin was born , probably as early as 1670; died Nov. 23,
1608, letters of administration on his estate were issued Dec. 16, 1698, to his
widow Abigail and her father John Tuthill, Senior (see Pelletreau's Long
Island Wills, p. 161) ; married Nov. — , 1090, at Southold. N. Y., to Abigail
Tuthill by whom he had 2 (Conklin) sons, viz.: —
1. Joseph, b. Aug. 7, 1691.
2. John, b. Oct. 16, 1694 (see Moore's Indexes of Southold, pp. 70-71).
that they were his only children. If he had other children they
must have died previous to the date of the deed or else must have
received their portions before the date of the deed, — as John
Parker seems in said deed to have in the anticipation of death
transferred all of his property to these two daughters. He does
not in this deed, dated Jan. 4, 1726-7, even mention his wife Mar-
garet, who was then living; the omission of all reference to her
being due probably to some ante-nuptial agreement between John
Parker and his wife Margaret2 (Christophers) Corey. Moreover
in said deed he mentions no other children.
Moore's Indexes of Southold, N. Y., p. 142, gives the follow-
ing as a list of John Parker's children, viz. : —
"1. (perhaps) John, called "Parr," who m. Mary Corwin ,
1728 [Dec. 9, 1719, according to 'Salmon Record,' New York
Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 49, p 66].
2. Nathaniel, b. ; d. .
3. Child (possibly above Nathaniel), b. ; d. Oct. 17, 1723,
drowned.
4. (probably) Abigail, b. ; d. ; who m. Joseph Wick-
ham."
The "Salmon Record of Deaths and Marriages in Southold,"
of which a careful copy of the original was published in the New
York Genealogical and Biographical Record (Vols. 47, 48 and
49), seems carefully to discriminate between the names Parr and
Parker and in it the marriage of John Parr is recorded as taking
place Dec. 9, 1719, to Mary Corwin; thus differing to Moore's
record as given above. Moore himself by his phraseology seems
to be wholly in doubt as to what children John Parker had. The
only one mentioned by him that seems to be correct is Abigail, who
married Joseph Wickham and about her even he was in doubt as
shown by his use of the word probably. All of which leads me to
the assumption that no credence can be placed upon Moore's list
of John Parker's children; and to the belief that John Parker had
but two children, the daughters mentioned above, Abigail and
Mary. The following is the deed referred to. viz. : —
From Vol. II. pages 91-92, of Southold Town Records.
"To all Christian People to whom these presents shall come,
Greeting: Know ye that I, John Parker, of Southampton, doc-
tor, in consideration of natural love and affection that I have and
do bare unto my daughter Abigail, the wife of Joseph Wickham,
Jr., do freely give, grant and confirm unto the said Joseph Wick-
ham, Junior during his natural life only, and after his decease to
my said daughter Abigail and to the heirs of her body forever
and for want of such heirs to my daughter Mary, wife of Will-
iam Albertson, and to the heirs of her body forever all my lands
and meadows lying on the north side of the Great River, called
Peconnock River, and my meadow lying on the south side of
Peconnock River which I purchased of Thomas Booth, with all
my land lying on the north side of the Rhoade, a highway run-
ning from ye east, and of common meadow Easterly to the muddy
creek or first brook of water, and also one half of the 50 right in
the Cedar Swamp lying between Great River and Little River, and
liberty to pass and repass to and from said Cedar Swamp and
meadows from time to time as he and they shall have occasion. In
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 4th day
of January 1726-7.
(sgd) John Parker (Seal)
Witnesses : —
Abraham Cooper, Thomas Reed, William Jennings.
Acknowledged before me nth January 1726-7. Entered 10th
January 1758 per Robert Hempstead, Town Clerk."
The following is a note on John Parker taken from the printed
Town Records of Southold:
"John Parker, styled sometimes Doctor and often called
'Fuller,' was of the town of Southampton originally; he dwelt
therein till near the close of his days, when, as he was buried in
the Wickham plot in the cemetery at Mattituck, he most likely
died at the home of his daughter Abigail, the wife of Joseph
Wickham, Corchang" [I doubt this last statement as to the place
of his death as his wife Margaret was still living and did not die
until June 19th, 1728. — J. R. T.] "His principal business appears
to have been that of a fuller of cloth. In 1690 Southampton
Town granted him the stream of either Great Noyac or Little
Noyac to set up a fulling mill. In 1695 Southampton voted him
the stream at Riverhead and all the land between the two rivers ;
he to build a fulling mill. In 1696 he sold his stream at Noyac
for £70. January, 1726-7, the record speaks of his dwelling house
at Riverhead, the two rivers, his cedar swamp, etc. He had at
one time a grant of stream at the head of Sag Pond. His busi-
ness yielded a large profit ; the establishment at Riverhead was a
great success. From indirect facts from the records it appears
that he removed from Southampton to Riverhead with his family;
perhaps built the old mansion now the residence of John C.
Sweezy and before him for a great many years occupied by Joseph
Albertson. Dr. Parker had two children, — Abigail, who married
Joseph Wickham and Mary, who married William Albertson: to
them went all his lands, mills and money. To Abagail he gave his
lands north of Peconic River, besides other lands. He owned the
"Jagger Farms" in the village of Riverhead ; the old Court House
built in 1727 stood, and still stands upon it; the Jagger Farms
went from the bay to the sound. To Mary and the Albertsons
he left the stream of water and mills at Riverhead and also large
tracts of land. The monument erected to the memory of Dr.
Parker may be found in the Mattituck Cemetery about 15 rods
south westerly from the Church, a modest little brownstone about
two feet high with his name, age and date of death inscribed upon
it. (Signed) J. Wickham Case."
Authorities :
Published Records of Southold, N. Y '., Vol. I, pp. 113, 171, 173, 188, 195,
197, 199, 200, 226. 238-9, 241-2, 268, 284, 336, 360, 369, 373, 374, 376,
383-4, 398, 406, 408, 453, 470, 475; Vol. II, pp. 91-2, 115-119, 138, 195, 272,
344-5, 364, 458, 476.
Pelletreau's Early Long Island Wills, pp. 74, 256-60.
Moore's Indexes of Southold, N. ¥., pp. 13, 14, 71-3, 142, 144.
Lonq Island Epitaphs, bv Edward Doubledav Harris, pp. IS, 16.
N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, Vols. XXIX, p. 125; XXXI, p. 225-9;
XXXII. pp. 30-5 ; XLVII, pp. 349-359-
Salmon Record, reprint from iV. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, pp. 18, 52.
6. (?) (a daughter)2 Christophers (Jeffery1).
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of Nezv England, Vol I, p.
383, referring to Jeffery1 Christophers, states : —
"He removed in old age with two daughters, living 1700, in
Southold, L. I., Margaret married Abraham Corey; Joanna mar-
ried Dec. 25, 1676, John Mayhew of New London and the other
daughter married a Packer of Southold."
Caulkins' History of Nezv London, p. 316, speaking of Jeffery1
Christophers, states : —
"Three daughters are mentioned: Joanna, wife of John May-
hew ; Margaret, wife of Abraham Corey, of Southold, and the wife
of a Mr. Parker, or Packer, of the same place. In 1700 Jeffery1
Christophers was living at Southold, with one of these daughters.''
Savage was published in i860 and probably copied his notes
on the Christophers family from Caulkins' History of New Lon-
don which was published in 1852.
Miss Caulkins, although a very careful and painstaking com-
piler, made an error in stating that "three daughters are men-
tioned"— she laboring at the time of writing under the impression
that the daughter who married Abraham Corey was not the same
daughter who married "Mr. Parker, or Packer, of the same place."
The facts are that the daughter who married John Parker was
Margaret2 Christophers-Corey, who after the death of Abraham
Corey on Sept. 11, 1702, married a second time subsequent to
Sept. 14, 1705, to John Parker of Southold, N. Y., as his second
wife.
This disposes of the confusion of authors in assigning to Jef-
fery1 Christophers three daughters. He had only two, viz. :
Joanna2 and Margaret.2
Third Generation.
7. John3 Mayhew (Joanna2 Christophers, Jeffery1), born Dec.
15, 1677, at New London, Conn.; baptized there Sept. 29,
1678; he lived at New London and was a shipmaster in the
West Indies and Newfoundland trade ; died Sept. 26, 1726, at
New London and was buried there Sept. 27, 1726 (in old
burying ground, no gravestone) ; married May 26, 1704, at
New London, to Sarah Latham, born ; baptized Dec. 6,
1704, at New London; died Nov. 27, 1750, "aged about 74 or
75," at New London and was buried there Nov. 29, 1750;
after her husband's death she was the chief midwife in New
London. She was the daughter of Thomas Latham (born
; died Dec. 14, 1677; married Oct. 15, 1673; son of Cary
Latham) and Rebecca Wells (daughter of Hugh Wells of
Wethersfield, Conn.), of New London, Conn.
Children: 5 (Mayhew), 2 sons and 3 daughters, all born at
New London, Conn.
-)-i8 i. Elizabeth,4 b. bap. Oct. 30, 1709; d. ;
m. Ebenezer Howard.
19 ii. Joanna,4 b. ; bap. Jan. 28, 1710-11; d. .
I have been unable to determine whether she ever
married, or when she died; but from Caulkins'
History of New London, p. 336, I am inclined
to think she died single.
+20 iii. Sarah,* b. ; bap. Nov. 22, 1713; m. John
Lampheer.
21 iv. John,4 b. ; bap. July 10, 1715; d. , 1745;
not married.
22 v. Thomas,4 b. ; bap. Oct. 20, 1717; d. Oct. 17,
1719.
John3 Mayhew was a noted shipmaster in the West Indies and
Newfoundland trade. He was on the sea expedition against Can-
ada in 171 1, acting as pilot. In 1712 he was sent to England to
give his testimony concerning the disastrous shipwrecks on the
St. Lawrence River, which on Aug. 22, 171 1, frustrated that ex-
pedition. He died in 1726 leaving several children; but only one
son, John, who died without issue in 1745. The Mayhew prop-
erty was inherited by female descendants of the name of Talman,
Lampheer and Howard.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 560, states : —
"Wednesday, November 28, 1750: — .... Mrs. Sarah
Mayhew, widow of John Mayhew died, aged about 74 or 75 ;
died last night. She was the only daughter of Thomas Latham
the first, grand-daughter of Cary Latham, the first; he [i.e. Cary
Latham] was a contemporary of my [Joshua Hempstead's]
grandfather, who were both the first settlers of this town in ye
year 1646; this widow Mayhew had two sons; both died single;
and her husband had one brother that died single; thus the male
issue are all gone before her. She hath been a very sober, quiet
and useful woman, — ye chief mid-wife in the Towne for many
years past Thursday November 29th: — Mrs. May-
hew was buried and I was not at it : could not get ready till it was
too late."
Authorities :
History of First Church, New London, pp. 449, 471, 473, 476-7, 479.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 30, 47, 105, 175, 216. 560.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 8, 15, 19.
Caulkins' History of New London, pp. 290, 312, 336, 381.
'3
8. Wait3 Mayhew (Joanna2 Christophers. Jeffery1), born Oct.
4, 1680; baptized Dec. 12, 1680; at New London, Conn.; died
, 1707, according to Caulkins' History of New London,
p. 336, at New London, Conn. Hempstead's Diary, p. 155,
however, states: — "Thursday, March 18th, 1724-5: 'I helpt
Lay out Wait Mayhew about Noon" — which would seem to
indicate that he died about that date instead of 1707 as stated
by Miss Caulkins. He did not marry.
9. Elizabeth3 Mayhew (Joanna2 Christophers, Jeffery1), born
Feb. 8, 1682-3; baptized Feb. 11, 1682-3, at New London,
Conn.; died March 8, 1721-2, at New London, in childbed,
and was there buried probably in Old Graveyard; no grave-
stone ; married , intention published New London, Sun-
day, March 18, 1715-16, to Daniel Hall, a shipbuilder or ship-
wright of New London, Conn.; born , at ; died
, at . His parentage is not known to me.
Children: 2 (Hall), 1 son and 1 daughter, both born in New
London, Conn.
-I-23 i. Elizabeth,* b. ; bap. July 3, 1720, at New
London; m. Samuel Rogers, Jr., Feb. 20, 1733-4.
24 ii. Daniel,4 b. ; bap. Feb. 4, 1721-2, at New
London.
Authorities :
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 55, 118, 119, 269.
History of First Church, New London, pp. 482-3.
10. Joanna3 Mayhew (Joanna2 Christophers, Jeffery1). born
; baptized June 9, 1693, at New London, Conn.; died
, at ; married Dec. 1, 1713, at New London, to Jos-
eph Tolman (or Tahman), born , 1691, about; baptized
at New London, Sept. 4, 171 5, at same time as his son Jos-
eph ; he lived at New London and was a mariner ; died April
I3. 1756, aged about 65, at New London, Conn., and was
buried there April 14, 1756. His parentage and place of
nativity are not known to me.
Children: 4 (Talman), 3 sons and 1 daughter, all born in
New London.
-{-25 i. Samuel,4 b. ; bap. New London, Sept. 4,
1715; m. (1) Hannah Manwaring; (2) Bethiah
Savil.
4-26 ii. Joanna,4 b. ; bap. New London, Oct. 27,
1717; m. Charles Short.
27 iii. Joseph,4 b. ; bap. New London, Aug. 20,
1721 ; d. , 1745 ; death noted in Hempstead's
Diary as having taken place at Suranam ; entry
in diary made under date of Thursday, Sept. 26,
1745 ; not married.
28 iv. John.4 b. ; bap. New London, April 12, 1724;
d. March 29, 1725. Under date of March 29th,
1725, Hempstead's Diary states : — "Joseph Tal-
man lost a child one half year old."
Authorities :
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 9, 19, 20, 123.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 49, 142, 448, 666.
History of First Church, New London, pp. 477, 479, 483, 485.
11. Mary3 Mayhew (Joanna2 Christophers, Jeffery1), born
, 1687 (see age at and date of death), at New London,
Conn. ; she lived in New London until about 1700 and re-
moved to Southold and made her home with her aunt
Margaret2 (Christophers) Corey; died April 24, 1765 "in
the 78th year of her age," at Southold, N. Y., and was
buried in the East Marion Graveyard, gravestone; mar-
ried March 9, 1709, at Southold, N. Y., to Judge Joshua
Youngs (as his second wife), born , 1684-5 (see age at
and date of death), at Southold, N. Y. ; he lived at Southold
and at Greenport, Long Island, N. Y. ; he was a master-
mariner 1640-1650, and Judge of Court of Common Pleas in
1738, and in 1745 was in 3rd Military Company in Southold;
died June 22 (or 23), 1755, aged 71, at Greenport, Long
Island, and was buried in Southold in the East Marion Grave-
yard, gravestone. He was a son of John Youngs and his wife
Mary Wells (died Nov. 4, 1729, at Southold, N. Y.) of South-
old, N. Y.
Children: 8 (Youngs), 1 son and 7 daughters, all born at
Southold, N. Y.
29 i. Johanna,4 b. ; d. Sept. 7, 1717; not married.
+30 ii. Mary,4 b. , 1710; d. April 20, 1807, aged 97;
m. (1) ? to Daniel Landon perhaps; m. (2)
Samuel Landon.
+31 iii. Elizabeth,4 b. , 1710, about; d. ; m. Jere-
miah Vail.
-f-32 iv. Hannah,4 b. ; d. ; m. Samuel Hazzard.
-j-33 v. Thomas,4 b. , 1719; d. Feb. 19, 1793; m.
Rhoda Budd.
+34 vi. Bethiah,4 b. ; d. ; m. Peter Sweetland.
35 vii. Infant,4 b. ; d. Jan. (or June), 22, 1726-7.
36 viii. Daughter,4 b. ; d. Nov. 16, 1736.
The will of Joshua Youngs of Southold, N. Y., is to be found
copied in the New York Historical Society Collections of New
York wills. Volume for 1896, page 88. Will dated June 13, 1755;
proved July 3, 1755, before William Throop, Surrogate. Wit-
nesses: Peter Sweetland, Henry Moore and Jonathan Barber.
The will mentions wife Mary; granddaughter Mary Hazzard, she
to receive certain legacies when she is 18 [hence it would appear
that she was not 18 years old at date of will]; daughter Mary
Youngs to receive use of room as long as she remains a widow
[hence it would seem that either her 1st or 2nd husband, or per-
'5
haps both had died previous to date of will]; daughter Elizabeth
Vail ; daughter Bethiaah Youngs, she to have a room until she
marries [she did not marry until 1758].
Joshua Youngs married (1) , about 1707, to ? by
whom he had 1 son John Youngs, born , 1708; died June 17,
1708; and his first wife died probably that same year.
From the Youngs Family, by Selah Youngs, Jr. (published
New York, 1907), on pp. 85-6 we obtain the following extract: —
"Judge Joshua Youngs' name appears on a stone in the Sterling
Cemetery (erected to the memory of his son Thomas Youngs, who
died in 1793) as the son of Zerubbable, son of Col. John Youngs.
This is the only record to show that there was such a Zerubbable
Youngs, and from the records of Joshua as given under John, No.
27, is evidently an error.
It doubtless happened partly because of the long lapse of time
(one hundred and eight years from the death of Joshua's father
to the death of Joshua's son Thomas) and partly because no fam-
ily records had been preserved ; but mainly because of an entry
in the manuscript Southold Town Records which they probably
had seen, and which later Mr. Charles B. Moore in collecting the
material for his Indexes of 1698 found, and which he says he read as
"John Youngs, sonn Zofossbel Yongs born the 16th of May 1664."
[See Southold MSS. Town Records, Vol. I, page 463.] Suppos-
ing this to mean Zerubbable, he thought it confirmed the record on
the stone, placed him (Zerubbable) as the son of Col. John, but
when the town records were published and this entry read, "John
Yongs sonn to Joseph (Joseph instead of Zofossbel), Mr. Moore
in his private copy of the Indexes struck out the birth date and by
an addition made Joshua to be the 'son of Zerubbable or of
John'."
Authorities :
Caulkins' History of New London, p. 336.
Moore's Indexes of Southold, AT. Y.. pp. 50, 101, 137-8.
Long Island Epitaphs, by Edward Doubleday Harris, p. 26.
Youngs Family, by Selah Youngs, Jr., pp. 64, 84-86, 112-114.
"Salmon Record," reprint published by N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Society, pp
10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 41, 63, 76, 86, 88, 95.
12. Patience3 Mayhew (Joanna2 Christophers, Jeffery1), born
; baptized New London, June 9, 1693; died (she
was alive May 19, 1702), at . I do not know whether
she married or not.
In the will of Abraham Corey, of Southold, N. Y., dated May
19, 1702, her uncle by marriage, she is shown on that date to have
been living in Southold with her aunt Margaret2 (Christophers)
Corey (wife of Abraham Corey).
The name Patience as a baptismal name is of quite rare occur-
rence in the early records of Southold. Patience3 Mayhew ap-
parently disappears entirely from the records of the town after
the above quoted references. While not by any means positively
asserting it, it seems that possibly she may have been the first wife
i6
Patience ? of John4 Youngs of Southold (John,3 Capt.
Joseph,2 Rev. Christopher1), who died Jan. 10, 1715, and whose
maiden surname has not been discovered. This is a suggestion
worthy of further investigation. If, perchance, my suggestion is
found to be a veritable fact then according to the Youngs Fam-
ily by Selah Youngs, Jr., she left two sons, viz.: — (1) Wait5
Youngs, born , about 1712; died Dec. 12, 1735; (2) a son,5
who died March 26, 171 5.
Patience3 Mayhew was born early enough to have become the
1st wife of John4 Youngs and to have borne him the above two
children and to have died as above stated January 10, 1715. She
also had a brother Wait3 Mayhew, after whom her son Wait5
Youngs may have been named. This Wait5 Youngs was the only
Youngs named Wait, mentioned in the Young's Genealogy, and
it would seem that he may have been named after his uncle Wait3
Mayhew.
Authorities :
Caulkins' History of New London, p. 336.
Pelletreau's Early Long Island Wills, pp. 256-60.
Youngs Family, by Selah Youngs, Jr., p. 73.
Moore's Indexs of Southold, N. Y '., p. 135.
Salmon Record (reprint published by N". G. Gen. and Biog. Society), p. 10.
13. Abraham3 Corey (Margaret2 Christophers, Jeffery1), born
, between 1677 and 1686 (on May 19, 1702, he was not
25 years old; hence he was born after May 19, 1677; he was
married prior to 1707; hence, as he was probably 21 years
old at marriage, he was born before 1686), at Southold, N.
Y. ; he lived at Southold; died , at ; married ,
1706, about (as his first child was born Jan. 11, 1707), at
, to Mary Paine, born , at ; died Dec. 21, 171 7,
at Southold, N. Y. She was a daughter of John Paine and
his wife Jemima Alsop, of Southold, N. Y. John Paine's will
was dated Feb. 3, 1706-7, and was proved Oct. 3, 1707.
Executors, wife Jemima and son-in-law Abraham Corey and
son-in-law Henry Case, Jr. Witnesses Nathan Landon and
Jeremiah Vail; mentions wife Jemima; sons Alsop, John and
Peter; daughters Mary Corey and Martha Case. Jemima
(Alsop) Paine was born in 1670 and died Dec. 25, 1713.
Children: 4 (Corey), 2 sons and 2 daughters.
+37 i. Mary,4 b. Jan. 11, 1707; d. ; m. Ensign John
King.
38 ii. Phineas,4 b. ; d. Sept. 1, 1716.
+39 iii. Margaret,4 b. June 22, 1714; d. Dec. 23, 1789;
m. Willoughby Lynde.
40 iv. John,4 b. ; d. May 2, 1717.
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England, Vol. I,
pages 459-60, states that Abraham Corey who married Margaret2
Christophers had a daughter Margaret Corey who married Wil-
loughby Lynde of Saybrook. This is incorrect, the Margaret
'7
Corey who married Willoughby Lynde was the daughter of Abra-
ham and Mary (Paine) Corey. Margaret (Corey) Lynde's birth
date is entered in an ancient King Manuscript compiled by Ensign
John King in his own family record as June 22, 1714. From this
fact taken in connection with the fact that two of Ensign John
King's children were named respectively Margaret and Abraham
(after their grandparents Abraham and Margaret- (Christophers)
Corey), — I have placed the two children Mary4 (Corey) King and
Margaret* (Corey) Lynde as children of Abraham3 Corey by his
wife Mary Paine. Moreover, Abraham Corey who married Mar-
garet2 Christophers died in 1702 and could not be the father of a
Margaret Corey born June 22, 17 14. Griffin, however, states that
Mary (Corey) King was a granddaughter of Jacob2 Corey
(John1). For the above reason I think Griffin in error.
Authorities :
Miss Lucy D. Akerly in N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, Vol. XXVII, pp.
33. 34-
Moore's Indexes of Southold, N. Y ., p. 73.
Long Island Epitaphs, by Edward Doubleday Harris, pp. 35, 39.
New York Historical Society's published N. Y. Wills, Vols. 1708-1728,
p. 410; Vol. 1730-1744, P- 161; Vol. 1766-1771, p. 472; Vol. 1893, P- 410.
Salmon Record. Reprint published by N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Society, pp.
11, 12.
14. Elizabeth3 Corey (Margaret2 Christophers, Jeffery1), born
, 1681, about (see age at and date of death), at Southold,
N. Y. ; died April 11, 1751, "in ye 71st year of her age," at
Southold, N. Y. ; and was buried there in Village Cemetery,
gravestone; married (1) , before 1698, as she is omitted
from the Census of 1698 under her maiden name, at South-
old, N. Y., probably, to Hon. Col. Samuel Hutchinson, born
, 1672-3, about (see age at and date of death), at South-
old, N. Y., probably; he lived at Southold. N. Y., and was a
Judge and held the title of Colonel; died Jan. 8 (or 9), 1737-
8, "in ye 65th year of his age," at Southold, N. Y., and was
buried there in Village Cemetery, gravestone. He was a son
of Thomas Hutchinson, the immigrant ancestor (born ;
died between 1676 and 1683; married Jan. 11, 1665-6) and his
wife Martha (Corwin) Case (widow perhaps of Henry Case
whom she married November — , 1658, and who died 1661-
1665), who lived in Southold, N. Y. ; he late of Lynn, Mass.,
in 1660.
Children: 3 (Hutchinson), sons, viz.: —
+41 i. Elijah,4 b. Oct. 21, 1698; d. Oct. 15, 1754; m.
Mary Hutchinson.
42 ii. Samuel,4 b. March — , 1701 ; d. May 24, 1917,
aged 16 years, 2 months; buried at Southold, N.
Y., gravestone.
-(-43 iii. Benjamin,4 b. , 1704; d. April 16, 1774, aged
70; m. Mary Domeny.
i8
Elizabeth3 (Corey) Hutchinson married (2) , 1744, at
Southold, N. Y., to John Budd (as his second wife, his first wife
was Hannah ? who died June 29 (or 22), 1743), born ,
1688, about (see age at and date of death) at Southold, N. Y. ;
died Feb. 20, 1752-3, aged 64, at Southold, N. Y. His will was
dated Feb. 7, 1752-3 and was proved Jan. 12, 1754. He was a son
of John and Hester, or Esther ( ) Budd, of Southold, N. Y.
Children: None that are known of.
Authorities :
Salmon Record. Reprint published by the N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Society,
pp. n, 24, 28, 39, 48, 79, 82, 88.
Long Island Epitaphs, by Edward Doubleday Harris, pp. 15, 16, 17.
N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, Vol. XXXI, pp. 228, 229.
Corwin Genealogy, p. 148.
Moore's Indexes of Southold, N. Y., pp. 24, 62-3, 94-5.
15. John3 Corey (Margaret2 Christophers, Jeffery1), b. about Jan.
, 1686, at Southold, N. Y. ; he lived at Southold and d.
there July 13, 1754, aged 68 and one-half years; his will was
dated Dec. 26, 1753, and was proved Aug. 24, 1754 (see Liber
19, p. 38, N. Y. City Wills) ; m. Nov. 1, 1703 (Salmon Record
p. 76), or 1705 (Moore's Indexes of Southold, p. 71) or Feb
24, 1707 (Miss L. D. Akerly in N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, Vol
XXXII, p. 33), at Southold, N. Y., to Dorothy Hobart, b.
at -; d. (she was living Dec. 26, 1753, date of her hus
band's will, as she was mentioned in that will), at
Children: 7 (Corey), 3 sons and 4 daughters, viz.:
Abijah,4 b. ; d. ; m. Naomi ?
John4, b. ; d. (living Dec. 26, 1753).
Elizabeth,4 b. ; d. ; m. Jonathan Lewis.
Dorothy, 1st,4 b. ; d. June 3, 1716.
Dorothy, 2nd,4 b. ; d. Oct. 18, 1755; m. Will-
iam Dickerson.
Abraham,4 b. ; d. ; m. Ealce Braddick.
Mary,4, b. Dec. 3, 1727; d. July 3, 1749; m. John
Wiggins, Jr., as his 1st wife (whose 2nd wife was
the widow Mary (King) Brown, who d. April 9,
1766, "in ye 40th year of her age").
Moore's Indexes of Southold, N. Y ., p. 71, states that the John
Corey who married Dorothy Hobart, was John3 Corey (Jacob,2
John1) ; and Miss Lucy D. Akerly in the N. Y . Gen. and Biog.
Record, Vol. XXXII, p. 32, records him son of Jacob2 (John1) ; but
Miss Akerly's notes and cross references indicate that she was, at
the time of writing (1901), doubtful as to the parentage of this
John3 Corey.
The will of John3 Corey (No. 15), dated Dec. 26, 1753, proved
Aug. 24, 1754, mentions his wife Dorothy and children, Abijah,
+44
1.
45
ii.
+46
iii.
47
iv.
+48
v.
+49
vi.
+50
vii.
19
John, Elizabeth Lawes (or Lewis), Dorothea Dickerson, and grand-
children, Braddick Corey and Alan- Wiggins. This will, therefore,
shows that John3 Corey's (Abraham,2 John1) wife was named Doro-
thy. Moore's Indexes, p. 73, states that Abraham Corey, Jr., mar-
ried Alice (or Ealce) Braddick in 1731 and had a son, Braddick
Corey; and also states that this Abraham Corey, Jr., was probably
a son of Abraham2 Corey (John1). The will of John3 Corey (No.
15) shows that Braddick5 Corey was his grandson and it is evident
that he was son of Abraham4 Corey (John,3 Abraham,2 John1). This
Abraham* Corey is not mentioned in the will of his father (John3
Corey), for the reason that he was (at that date, Dec. 26, 1753)
dead ; but his son Braddick5 Corey is mentioned, this Braddick Corey
got his name from his mother's father, Captain John Braddick. We
know of but one John3 Corey who married a Dorothy : — and there-
fore all these facts taken into consideration together prove the rec-
ord of John3 Corey, No. 15) as given above.
Moore's Indexes, p. "J2» states that John3 Corey (Abraham,1
John1) died May 2, 1717, and Miss Akerly (N. Y. Gen. and Biog.
Record, Vol. XXXI, p. 229), states of this same John3 Corey, — "he
may have died May 2, 1717, or he may have married Dorothy Hobart
and died in 1754." It appears therefore that Miss Akerly did not
wholly agree with Moore. It is evident from all authorities that
there was a John Corey, son of an Abraham Corey who died May
2, 1717. Who was he? He was a son of Abraham3 Corey by his
wife Mary Paine. Mary (Paine) Corey is not recorded as having
given birth to any children subsequent to June 22, 1714, when she
gave birth to Margaret4 Corey who married Willoughby Lynde. It
is my belief that Mary (Paine) Corey wife of Abraham3 Corey
(Abraham,2 John1) gave birth some time soon previous to May 2,
1717, to John4 Corey who died soon after (or at) his birth on May
2, 1717, and that the mother Mary (Paine) Corey died seven months
and 19 days thereafter on Dec. 21, 1717 ; all of which is as I have
recorded it in Record No. 13.
It cannot be positively stated, from evidence at my disposal, who
were the parents of Dorothy Hobart who married John3 Corey.
However, from the fact that Rev. Joshua Hobart was pastor at
Southold, N. Y., from 1674 till 1717, we might be led to the belief
that he was her father and that her mother was Mary (Sunderland)
Rainsford, his second wife.
Rev. Joshua Hobart was born July — , 1629, at Hingham, Eng-
land, and came to this country with his parents (Rev. Peter and
( ) Hobart, of Hingham, Mass.), in 1635; he died at Southold,
N. Y., Feb. 28, 1716-17; graduated at Harvard College in 1650 and
was made a freeman of Hingham, Mass., in 1653. On July 16, 1655,
he sailed for Barbadoes and soon after while there on April 16,
1656, he married Margaret Vassal (daughter of William and Ann
( ) Vassal of the Island of Barbadoes and formerly of Scituate,
Mass.), b. , 1633, in , England; d. , previous to July
18, 1657, at Barbadoes ; subsequent to his wife's death he returned
to Massachusetts, where on July 18, 1657, he, in the settlement of
his father-in-law's estate, signed a deed "in behalf of his late wife."
William Vassal, his father-in-law, died in 1655. While authorities
are in doubt and at variance on the matter, yet, considering the
short time his first wife lived after marriage, I am of the belief that
he had no children by her. He soon after July 18, 1657, sailed for
England and apparently remained there until 1669 when he returned
to Boston and on Jan. 16, 1671-2 (or August — , 1674, according to
Savage, Vol. Ill, p. 503), he married at Boston to Mary (Sunder-
land) Rainsford (daughter of John and Dorothy ( ) Sunder-
land of Boston, Mass., and widow of Jonathan Rainsford, whom she
married at Boston, Nov. 29, 1656, and who was baptized at Boston,
Oct. 23, 1636, and who died at Barbadoes, March 11, 1671) ; she was
baptized at Boston, April 16, 1643 (being on that date one year and
six weeks old), hence she was born about March 5, 1642; died April
19 (and was buried April 20), 1698, at Southold, N. Y., aged 56
years, 1 month and 7 days. Rev. Joshua Hobart was ordained pastor
and settled at Southold, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1674, and in charge there un-
til his death. By his second wife he had the following children,
viz.:
1. A daughter, b. Oct. 5, 1672, who d. .
2. Alethea, b. Oct. 5, 1672, a twin.
3. Irene, b. April 10, 1674, at Boston, who m. Daniel Way of
Southold.
4. Peter, b. Feb. 28, 1675-6, at Southold, N. Y., who probably m.
Elizabeth Case.
5. Daniel (perhaps), b. ; d. .
6. John, b. , 1682; d. Aug. 7 (or 6), 1753, aged 71, at New
London, Conn., and who m. ? and had children.
These are all of the children ascribed by the various authorities
to Rev. Joshua Hobart and amongst them all we find no daughter
Dorothy.
Moore in his Index, p. 21, suggests that Dorothy Hobart. who
married John3 Corey, was perhaps a daughter of Captain Josiah
Hobart of Southampton, L. I., N. Y., who was born in 1634 and
died in 171 1, at Easthampton, N. Y., in the 78th year of his age.
Captain Josiah Hobart was a brother of Rev. Joshua Hobart of
Southold. Savage (Vol. II, p. 435) says that his wife was named
Mary ? In Vol. Ill, of Easthampton Town Records, on May
10, 171 1, Mrs. Ann Hobart chooses land in behalf of her "orphan
sons" which would make it appear that Captain Josiah Hobart's
wife at time of death was named Mary. She may have been his
second wife and by his first wife Mary he may have had a daughter
Dorothy who became the wife of John3 Corey.
Rev. Gershom Hobart (brother of Rev. Joshua Hobart) had a
daughter Dorothy, born in Boston, Dec. 6, 1677, and who died in
Groton, Mass., June 10, 1686. Savage is in error as is likewise But-
ler in his History of Groton in stating that Rev. Gershom Hobart
had a daughter Dorothy Hobart born in Groton, June 10, 1686; she
was not born but died in Groton on that date (see Groton Historical
Series, Vol. I, No. XIII, p. 12).
Positive proof of the parentage of Dorothy Hobart, wife of John3
Corey is thus to me not proven.
Authorities :
Moore's Indexes of Southold, pp. 21, 71, 73, 87.
N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, Vol. XXXI, p. 225-7; Vol. XXXII, pp. 30-5.
Long Island Epitaphs, by E. D. Harris, pp. 16. 27, 32.
Salmon Record, pp. 11, 32, 38, 41, 63, 76, 82, 84-9.
N. E. Hist. Gen. Register.
Whitaker's History of Southold, pp. 167-176, 244-5.
Boston Record Commissioners' Reports, B.M.D.. 1630-1609.
Savage's Die. of N. E., Vol. II, p. 435; Vol. Ill, pp. 502-3; Vol. IV, pp.
232-3, 367.
Joshua Hempstead's Diary, pp. 79, 612.
Groton Historical Series, Vol. I, No. XIII, p. 12.
16. Mary3 Corey (Margaret2 Christophers, Jeffery1), b. ,
1628, about (she had been twice married on May 19, 1702,
hence she was probably born at least 20 years previous to that
date), at Southold, N. Y. ; d. , at ; m. (1) (in
the will of her father dated May 19, 1702, he speaks of her then
as "now the wife of William Bradley" and leaves her a bequest
"besides what I lent her at her first marriage ;" she is mentioned
in Moore's Index of 1698 as still bearing her maiden surname ;
and hence we conclude that her first marriage took place be-
tween 1698 and some date prior to May 19, 1702), at , to
?, b. , at ; d. (previous to May 19, 1702,
when Mary3 Corey is spoken of as the wife of William Brad-
ley), at . His baptismal name, surname and parentage are
not known; m. (2) (previous to May 19, 1702), at ,
to William Bradley, b. , at ; d. — — (on Oct. 12, 1703,
Sarah Youngs deeds to William Bradley, and in 171 1 William
Bradley witnessed a deed of Tooker to Hallock, date of deed
Feb. 25, 171 1 ; I find no record of him in Southold after that
date), at . His parentage is unknown to me. The date of
William Bradley's marriage to Mary3 Corey was between 1698
and May 19, 1702, and hence he must have been born (assum-
ing him to have been 21 years old at least, at marriage) in 1681
or earlier. This would place him as a contemporary of Chris-
topher3 Bradley (Peter,2 Peter1), who was born July 11, 1679,
at New London. Were it not for the fact that Miss Caulkins
states positively in her History of New London that the estate
of Peter2 Bradley (who died in 1687) was divided between his
widow and only son Christopher3 Bradley) one would be led to
suppose that this William Bradley and Christopher3 Bradley
were brothers. But Miss Caulkins prohibits that conclusion,
and I am unable to state who William Bradley was, where he
came from, or where he went to after 171 1 the last date on
which we have knowledge of him.
Children: ? (Bradley), none that are known of.
Authorities :
Will of Abraham Corey, her father: See Pelletreau's Early Long Island
Wills, pp. 256-60.
Southold Town Records, Vol. II, pp. 394-5, 477-
Moore's Indexes of Southold, p. 59.
17. Dorothy3 Corey (Margaret2 Christophers, Jeffery1) b. , at
Southold, N. Y. ; d. (she was living and not married on
May 19, 1702, the date of her father's will and is mentioned in
that will), at . I have been unable to determine whether
she married or died single ; after the date, May 19, 1702, I have
no record of her.
Authorities :
Pelletreau's Early Long Island Wills, pp. 256-60.
Moore's Indexes of Southold, N. Y., p. 73.
17a. Abigail Parker* (daughter of John Parker by his first wife
Abigail (Tuthill) Conklin), b. Feb. 28, 1703, at Southold,
N. Y. ; d. April 4, 1779, at Southold; m. Aug. (or May) 29,
1723, at Southold, N. Y., to Joseph Wickham, b. June 4, 1701,
about 10 o'clock in the morning, at Southold, N. Y. ; he lived at
Southold and was a Justice of the Peace, and died there May
21, 1749, aged 48 years. He was a son of Joseph Wickham (b.
; d. July 6 (or 7), 1734; will dated April 20, 1734) and his
first wife Sarah Satterly (b. ; d. Feb. 18, 1700) of South-
old, N. Y., coming there from Killingworth, Conn.
Children: 11 (Wickham), 5 sons and 5 daughters, 1 sex not
stated, all born at Southold, N. Y.
1. Abigail, b. Dec. 5, 1724; d. March 12, 1791, at Cutchogue,
N. Y.; m. (1) Daniel Hall, M.D., Dec. 6, 1739, at South-
old, N. Y., b. ; d. Sept. 26, 1744, at Southold, N. Y. ;
m. (2) Oct. 21, 1750, to Rev. Thomas Paine, Y. C., 1748,
b. , 1724; d. Oct. 15, 1766, at Cutchogue, N. Y., "in
43rd year of his age."
2. Parker, b. Feb. 28, 1727; d. May 22, 1785; m. Dec. 14,
1752, to Mary Goldsmith, b. ; d. March 18, 1780.
3. Joseph, b. Nov. 26, 1728; d. May 17, 1782; m. , 1756,
to Martha Case, b. ; d. Feb. 25, 1791.
4. Sarah, b. March 12, 1731 ; d. Aug. 23, 1783, at Southold,
N. Y. ; m. (1) July 5, 1749, at Southold, N. Y., to Joseph
Conklyn, b. Nov. 21, 1727 ; d. Dec. 25, 1756, aged 29 years,
1 month and 4 days, in New York City ; m. (2) , 1766,
to Rev. Benjamin Goldsmith, b. Nov. 5, 1736, at Southold,
N. Y. ; d. Nov. 10 (or 19), 1810, aged 74, at Southold,
N. Y., as his first wife; he m. (2) July 17, 1793, at
* No. 17a is not in Christophers blood line, but on account of family con-
nection I have put her record in, as of value as that of a generation of a
Long Island family.
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Southold, N. Y., to Mary Conkling (widow of Major
Thomas Conkling who d. at Southold, Nov. 12, 1789).
5. Daughter, b. ; d. July 6, 1734.
6. Child, b. ; d. April 16, 1736-7.
7. Thomas, b. Jan. 13, 1733; d. , 1794, about; m. ,
to ? He was a physician and settled in Orange Co.,
N. Y., near Goshen, and left a widow and 2 sons and 1
daughter.
8. John, b. Dec. 20, 1734; d. Aug. 7, 1808, "in 78th year of
his age;" m. (1) Aug. 31, 1762, at Southold, N. Y., to
Hannah (or Nance) Fanning, b. , 1738, about; d.
Nov. 6, 1778, "in her 40th year;" m. (2) Sept. 28, 1779,
at Southold, N. Y., to Bethiah Horton, b. ; d. Aug. 2,
1797.
9. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 27, 1738; d. ; perhaps m. Feb. 8,
1758, to James Reeves, b. , 1736; d. ; son of
Thomas and Bethia (Horton) Reeves of Southhold, N. Y.
10. Jerusha, b. Feb. 13, 1740.
1 1. Daniel Hull, b. Dec. 30, 1745 ; d. May 29, 1782, at Southold,
N. Y. ; not married.
Authorities :
Salmon Record, pp. 16, 19, 23-4, 29, 32, 39, 52-3, 55, 58, 62, 73, 90, 92, 95,
97, 100, 105, 109.
Long Island Epitaphs, by E. D. Harris, p. 95.
Moore's Indexes of Southold, N. Y ., pp. 71, in, 144.
Town Records of Southold, N. Y., Vol. II, pp. 91-2.
N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, Vol. XXXII, pp. 135-7.
History of Mattituck, N. Y., pp. 150-3, 272-4, 277, 282, 345, 352, 354, 392.
Griffin's Journal of Southold, N. Y '., Events, pp. 222-3.
Thompson's History of Long Island (1843), pp. 399, 407-8.
Dexter's Yale Biographies, Vol. I.
17b. Mary Parker* (daughter of John Parker, by his first wife
Abigail (Tuthill) Conkling), b. , 1704-5 (she is generally
recorded as the second daughter of John Parker; her elder
sister Abigail Parker was born Feb. 28, 1703, and her mother
died June 6, 1705 ; hence she was probably born about 1704-5) ;
at Southold, N. Y., probably; d. , at ; m. (1)
about 1721, see date of death of her first child), at , to
William Albertson, Jr., b. (about 1700, on the theory that
he was 21 vears old at marriage), at ; d. March 26, 1749,
at Southold. N. Y. ; will dated Riverhead, L. I.. N. Y., ,
1749 (see N. Y. County Wills, Liber 16, p. 460). He was
called "a clothier," probably meaning a fuller of cloth, as he
probably carried on his father-in-law's fulling mill at River-
head, N. Y. He was a son of William, Senior, and Barbara
(Simkins) Albertson, of Musketo Cove (now Glen Cove),
* No. 17b is not in Christophers blood line, but on account of family con-
nection I have put her record in as of value, as the record of one generation
of a Long Island family.
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Township of Oyster Bay, L. I., N. Y. William Albertson,*
Senior, died , 1734, in Queens County, N. Y. ; his will was
dated April 17, 1731; proved May 21, 1734, and is recorded in
Liber C. of Deeds, p. 132, Queens County Clerk's Office, N. Y.
Barbara (Simkins) Albertson, widow of William Albertson,
Senior, died Aug. 9, 1754, at Southhold, N. Y. ("old widow Al-
bertson died," see Salmon, p. 38). She was a daughter of
William and Mary Wilmette (Willman) Albertson.
Children: 8 (Albertson), 5 sons and 3 daughters, viz: —
1. Son, b. ; d. an infant Nov. 20, 1722, at Southold, N. Y.
2. John Parker, b. , 1725; d. , 1802; m. Oct. 12, 1749,
to Sarah Wells.
3. William, b. Nov. 27, 1726; d. April 17, 1764; m. Charity
Woodhull, and by her amongst other children had, viz : —
i. Child, b. ; d. Aug. 22, 1756.
ii. William, b. ; d. ; m. (1) Mary (Polly) Halsey,
b. , 1754-6; d. Nov. 12, 1777, buried at Westhamp-
ton; m. (2) Nov. 14, 1781, to Sarah Conkling, b. ;
d. Feb. 9, 1806.
iii. Mary, b. ; d. ; m. April 14, 1777, to Isaac Jessup
and later removed and lived at Goshen, Orange Co.,
N. Y.
iv. Clemone (or Clement), b. ; d. ; m. Oct. — ,
1779, to Edward Howell.
4. Mary, b. ; d. ; m. March 25, 1755, to Isaac Hallock.
5. Elizabeth, b. ; d. .
6. Abigail, b. ; d. ; m. Jan. 15, 1765, to Stephen Jes-
sup.
* William Albertson, Senior, by his wife Barbara Simpkins, had the fol-
lowing children, viz. :
1. William, who m. Mary Parker.
2. Elizabeth.
3. John, who d. about 1755 in Suffolk Co., N. Y., and who m. Mary Guion,
(dau. of Lewis Guion. of Eastchester, Westchester Co., N. Y.).
4. Richard, who d. at Newburgh, N. Y., , 1753, and who m. Sarah Mc-
Coun (dau. of William and Mary (Townsend) McCoun). Richard
Albertson was a Justice of the Peace at Musketo Cove, Oyster Bay Town-
ship, N. Y., succeeding his uncle Derrick Albertson. About 1740 he re-
moved to Newburgh, N. Y. He was a millwright, and was one of the
trustees appointed to have charge of 500 acres of "glebe" lands in the
Palatine Grant. His will is dated Jan. 14, 1753, and was proved Dec.
18, I753-
Mary Wilmette Albertson (the mother of William Albertson who m.
Barbara Simpkins) had 4 children, viz.:
1. William, who m. Barbara Simpkins.
2. Derrick, who m. Dinah Coles.
3. Garret, who m. Abigail ?
4. Elizabeth, who m. Samuel Coles.
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■j. Richard, b. , 1734-5; d. May 18, 1755, at Southold,
N. Y., aged 18 or 19.
8. Daniel, b. , 1746, about; d. soon after 1812.
Mary (Parker) Albertson, widow of William Albertson, m. (2)
June 13, 1755, at Southold, N. Y., to Nehemiah Carpender, of whom
I know nothing further.
I am greatly indebted to Mr. George F. R. Albertson of Hills-
dale, N. J. (who is compiling the Albertson Genealogy) for much
of the original material embraced in this record, and also for con-
firmation of that portion which I obtained from the authorities
quoted.
Authorities :
Southold Town Records, Vol. II, pp. 91-2.
N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, Vol. XXXII, p. 137.
Salmon Record, pp. 14, 16, 32, 38, 41-2. 59. 71. 94, 105.
Craven's History of Mattituck, L. I., N. Y ., pp. 320, 323, 325-6.
Fourth Generation
18. Elizabeth4 Mayhew (John Mayhew,3 Joanna2 Christophers,
Jeffery1), b. ; bapt. Oct. 30, 1709, at New London, Conn.;
owned covenant at New London, July 16, 1732; d. , at
; m. Dec. 23, 1729 (int. pub. Dec. 14, 1729), at New Lon-
don, to Ebenezer Howard, b. , at ; he lived at New
London; d. (will signed Sept. 19, 1766, proved July 9,
1769), at New London (probably). His parentage and place
of nativity are not known to me. Savage, Vol. II, p. 472, gives
an Ebenezer Howard, b. , 1700, son of Jonathan Howard
of Bridgewater, Mass., and his wife Sarah Dean (daughter of
John Dean, of Taunton, Mass.).
Children: 5 (Howard), 2 sons and 3 daughters, all b. in New
London, viz: —
4-51 i. Elizabeth,5 b. ; bapt. July 16, 1732; d. ; m.
Dec. 4, 1748 (int. pub. Oct. 16, 1748), to John
Monroe.
52 ii. Ebenezer,8 b. ; bapt. Aug. 21, 1734 (see Hemp-
stead's Diary, pp. 624-5).
53 iii. Abigail,5 b. - ; bapt. Aug. 29, 1736.
54 iv. Sarah,5 b. ; bapt. Aug. 27, 1739.
55 v. John,5 b. ; bapt. June 6, 1742; d. .
A John Howard m. at New London, Sept. 30, 1788, Susanna
Dart.
In his will Ebenezer Howard, Senior, leaves all of his property
to his wife Elizabeth Howard, and states therein, "I have done
what I think right for each and all of my children."
Authorities :
History First Church, New London, pp. 494, 496, 499, 503. 510.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 216, 249, 275, 308, 350, 394, 507, 624-5.
Bailey's Early Conn. Marriages, Book II, pp. 15, 21, 31.
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19. Joanna* Mayhew (John3 Mayhew, Joanna2 Christophers,
Jeffery1), b. ; bapt. Jan. 28, 1710-11, at New London,
Conn. I have been unable to determine whether this Joanna4
Mayhew married or did not, nor where she died ; but from
Caulkins History of New London, p. 336, I am led to believe
that she did not marry.
Authority :
History of First Church, New London, p. 473.
20. Sarah4 Mayhew (John3 Mayhew, Joanna2 Christophers, Jef-
fery1), b. ; bapt. Nov. 22, 1713, at New London, Conn.;
d. , at ; m. Oct. 2, 1740, at New London, to Capt.
James Lampheer, Jr., b. , at ; d. , at ; he lived
in New London, and came there in 1730 from Nova Scotia (pos-
sibly), he was a Huguenot refugee, and was the son of James
Lampheer, also a Huguenot who came to New London in
1730. Capt. James Lampheer was one of the Connecticut volun-
teers at the Battle of Louisburg in 1745.
Children: 5 (Lampheer), 2 sons and 3 daughters, all b. at New
London, Conn.
56 i. Sarah,5 b. ; bapt. July 19, 1741.
57 ii. Mary, 1st,5 b. ; bapt. June 12, 1743 ; d. , young.
58 iii. Mary, 2nd,5 b. ; bapt. Jan. 19, 1745-6 ; d. Aug. 25,
1753, aged 8 years, and was buried Aug. 26, 1753.
59 iv. James,5 b. , 1747; d. March 6, 1820; m. Grace5
Deshon (Henry4 Deshon, Ruth3 Christophers, Hon.
Richard,2 Hon. Christopher1) and had 9 children.
60 v. Peter,5 b. ; bapt. Jan. 19, 1751-2; d. Aug. 25,
1753, aged one and one-half years and was buried Aug.
26, 1753.
In Hempstead's Diary, p. 280, under date of Oct. 20, 1734 (Sun-
day), we find: " Lampher and Mary Chappel was published."
In Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. 17, this mar-
riage is recorded as follows: "Lemuel Lanthur and Mary Chappel
were married at New London, Dec. 26, 1734." I record these en-
tries here as by some it has been thought that Captain James Lam-
pheer may have married Mary Chappel as his first wife, before he
married Sarah4 Mayhew. The above quoted entries seem to dis-
pose of that belief.
Authorities :
Brewster Notes, by Miss E. C. Brewster Jones (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Soc.
Library), Book 3A.
History of First Church, New London, pp. 476, 508, 511, 514. 521.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 30, 280, 410, 454. 582, 613.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. 19.
23. Elizabeth4 Hall (Elizabeth3 Mayhew, Joanna2 Christophers,
Jeffery1), b. ; bapt. July 3, 1720, at New London, Conn.;
d. , at ; m. Feb. 20, 1733-4, at New London, by Joshua
Hempstead, to Samuel Rogers, Jr., b. Sept. 15, 171 1, at Wester-
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ly, R. I. ; d. (before June 16, 1735, as his widow Elizabeth
filed a bond for £500 on June 16, 1735, in settlement of his es-
tate, John Minor being her surety), at . He was a son of
Samuel Rogers (b. ; d. June 29, 1750, at or near New
London) and his second wife Patience (Potts) Pendleton,
daughter of William Potts of New London, and widow of
Joseph Pendleton of Westerly, R. I.
Children: ? (Rogers) none that are known of.
Authorities :
History First Church, New London, Conn., p. 482.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 269.
James Rogers and his Descendants, pp. 54-5.
24. Daniel4 Hall (Elizabeth3 Mayhew, Joanna2 Christophers, Jef-
fery1), b. ; bapt. Feb. 4, 1721-2, at New London, Conn.
I know nothing further of this individual.
Authorities :
History First Church, New London, p. 483.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 1 18.
25. Samuel4 Talman (Joanna3 Mayhew, Joanna2 Christophers,
Jeffery1), b. ; bapt. Sept. 4, 1715, at New London, Conn.;
d. Sept. 13, 1756, at New London; m. (1) April 26, 1744 (int.
pub. April 15, 1744), at New London, to Hannah Manwaring,
b. Feb. 27, 1716 (bapt. April 22, 1716), at New London; d.
June 10, 1757, at New London. She was a daughter of Oliver
Manwaring (b. ; bapt. Feb. 2, 1678, at New London; d.
Oct. 9, 1754; m. March 14, 1705) and his wife Hannah Hough
(b. June 20, 1688, at New London, daughter of Capt. John and
Sarah (Post) Hough) of New London, Conn.
Children: 7 (Talman), 5 sons and 2 daughters, all b. at New
London, viz: —
61 i. Samuel,5 b. ; bapt. May 12, 1745.
-f.62 ii. Hannah,5 b. ; bapt. Oct. 26, 1746; d. Nov. 12,
1814; m. Sept. 13, 1767, William Starr.
63 iii. James,5 b. ; bapt. June 21, 1747.
64 iv. Joseph,5 b. ; bapt. Dec. 4, 1748.
65 v. John, 1st,5 b. ; bapt. May 20, 1750; d. Nov. 2,
1750.
66 vi. John, 2nd,5 b ; bapt. Jan. 19, 1751-2.
67 vii. Elizabeth.5 b. ; bapt. Nov. 24 (or 25), 1754.
Samuel4 Talman m. (2) Nov. 22, 1759, at New London, to
Bethiah Savel. b. ; bapt. July 12, 1722, at New London ; d. ,
at . She was a daughter of John Savel of New London (b.
; d. May 7, 1754, "in 63rd year," at New London, and was bur-
ied there May 8, 1754, in old graveyard, gravestone) and his wife
Sarah ? (b. ; d. May 10. 1754, "aged 60 years," at New
London, and was buried there in old burying ground, gravestone).
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The History of Montville, Conn., p. 246, states that Hannah
Manwaring (dau. of Oliver and Hannah (Hough) Manwaring),
b. Feb. 27, 1716; m. Jedediah Caulkins. But Hempstead in his
Diary, p. 687, positively states that she was the wife of Samuel
Talman.
Authorities :
History First Church, New London, pp. 452, 477-8, 514-7, 521-2.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 49, 55, 123, 424, 442, 482, 509, 549, 558, 582, 628, 687.
Early Conn. Marriages, by Bailey, Book II, pp. 8, 20, 24, 28.
History of Montville, Conn., pp. 244-5.
Prentiss' New London, Conn., Graveyard Inscriptions, p. 30.
Miss Nettie B. Eells (deceased), a genealogist and member N. Y. Gen. &
Biog. Society.
26. Joanna4 Talman (Joanna3 Mayhew, Joanna2 Christophers,
Jeffery1), b. ; bapt. Oct. 27, 1717, at New London, Conn. ;
owned covenant there Jan. 3, 1741-2; d. , at ; m. Sept.
14, 1740, at New London, to Charles ShcTrt, b. ; bapt. Dec.
30, 171 1, at New London; he lived at New London; d. , at
. He was a son of Thomas Short (b. ; d. Sept. 27,
1712, "in 30th year;" m. Boston, Mass., Dec. 13, 1705) and his
wife Elizabeth Frost (b. Boston, July 12, 1677; d. March 25,
1715, at New London and was buried in Old Burying Ground,
gravestone. She m. (2) Aug. 8, 17 14, to Solmon Coit), of New
London, Conn. Thomas Short was the first printer in Connec-
ticut.
Children: 5 (Short), 1 son and 4 daughters, all born at New
London, viz: —
68 i. Elizabeth, 1st,5 b. ; bapt. Feb. 3, 1741-2; d. ;
buried New London, Feb. 7, 1741-2.
69 ii. Charles,5 b. ; bapt. May 1, 1743; d. ; buried
New London, Sept. 16, 1747.
70 iii. Elizabeth, 2nd,5 b. ; bapt. Jan. 27, 1744-5 ; d. ;
m. New London, July 14, 1765, to Richard Bevan of
New York.
71 iv. Joseph,5 b. ; bapt. Aug. 14, 1748.
72 v. Joanna,6 b. ; bapt. April 29, 1750.
Authorities :
Bailey's Early Conn. Marriages, Book II, pp. 9, 19.
History First Church, New London, pp. 474, 479, 509, 511, 513, 517, 519.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 15, 387-8, 409, 437, 488, 548.
Prentiss' New London Graveyard Inscriptions, p. 17.
Coit Genealogy, p. 27.
Caulkin's History of New London, pp. 357-8.
Boston Record Commissioners' Reports, Vol. IX, p. 141 ; Vol. XXVII,
p. IS-
27. Joseph4 Talman (Joanna3 Mayhew, Joanna2 Christophers,
Jeffery1), b. ; bapt. Aug. 20, 1 721, at New London, Conn. ;
d. , 1745 (news of his death brought to New London by
vessel Sept. 26, 1745) at "Suranam" (probably Dutch Guiana,
South America). I have no record of his marriage.
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Authorities :
History First Church, New London, p. 483.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 448.
28. John4 Talman (Joanna3 Mayhew, Joanna2 Qiristophers,
Jeffery1), b. ; bapt. April 12, 1724, at New London, Conn.;
d. there March 29, 1725.
Authorities :
History of First Church, New London, p. 485.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 156.
30. The will of Justice Joshua Youngs (see record No. 11 of this
genealogy) dated June 13, 1755, states that on that date, his daughter
Mary Youngs, was a widow ; hence she must have married and lost
her husband prior to that date. In that will she is called Mary
Youngs, from which it would at first glance appear that she had
married a Youngs, or else that on account of the fact of her hus-
band's death some years previous, after but a short married life,
her father still called her by her maiden surname. At all events
we have the direct evidence that on June 13, 1755, she was a widow.
What records have we of a Mary Youngs (born about 1710)
having married previous to June 13, 1755, and subsequent to 1728
(assuming her to have been at least 18 years old at marriage) ?
Moore's Index, p. 137, states that "Mary Youngs (daughter of
Judge Joshua and Mary (Mayhew) Youngs) married probably
Landon (perhaps Daniel) in 1736."
Moore's Index, p. 97, states that "Daniel Landon married Martha
Youngs in 1736."
From which we see that Moore in the first quotation was in
doubt, and that in the second quotation he positively contradicts the
doubtful suggestion of the first. In fact, as will be shown below,
Mary Youngs (No. 30) did marry a Landon, but it was Samuel
Landon, and he was her second husband.
The Salmon Record, p. 84, states that, "Daniel Landon married
Martha Youngs on May 22, 1736."
The Salmon Record, p. 83, states that "Caleb Curtice married
Mary Youngs on Nov. 21, 1734."
Moore's Index, p. 74, states that "Caleb Curtice (b. , 1646; d.
March 18, 1730, aged 84) married Dec. 1, 1670, Elizabeth Rider,
and amongst other children had a son Caleb Curtice, b. , 1679,
who married (1) Sarah Whittier in 1716, and married (2) Mary
Youngs in 1734."
The Youngs Genealogy, by Selah Youngs, p. 85, makes no men-
tion of the marriage of Mary Youngs (daughter of Joshua and Mary
(Mayhew) Youngs) either to Daniel Landon or to Caleb Curtice,
but states that she married Samuel Landon, May 19, 1762 (when she
was 52 years old), and by omitting all mention of a previous mar-
riage ignores the fact of her being a widow on June 13, 1755.
The Salmon Record, p. 97, states that "Justice Samuel Landon
married Mary Yongs on May 19, 1762" (still calling her Mary
3°
Yongs, although she had according to her father's will been pre-
viously married and was a widow on June 13, 1755).
The Youngs Genealogy, by Selah Youngs, p. 85, quotes the will
of Mary (Youngs) Landon, dated March 21, 1799, not probated;
and this will proves beyond question that this Mary (Youngs)
Landon was the daughter of Joshua and Mary (Mayhew) Youngs.
From all of which it appears to me that Mary Youngs (No. 30)
married first to Caleb Curtice on Nov. 21, 1734, as his second wife
(his first wife having been the widow Sarah Whittier, whom he
married July 3, 1716 (see Salmon, p. jj), and who died prior to
Nov. 21, 1734). Caleb Curtice, the first husband of Mary Youngs
(No. 30), died prior to May 19, 1762 (probably much earlier and
certainly earlier than June 13, 1755, when her father speaks of her
in his will as a widow), when she became the second wife of Justice
Samuel Landon (his first wife having been Bethiah Tuttle, who
died Aug. 30, 1761).
It is upon this array of facts as set forth in the records that I
construct the following record of Mary4 Youngs ^No. 30). I gather
from these facts, as set forth above, that, if my surmise is correct,
then Mary4 Youngs' marriage to Caleb Curtice, was that of a woman
to a man some 30 years older than she was (he being 55 years old
and she 24 years old), and that the marriage was followed shortly by
his death (certainly before June 13, 1755). She Mary (Youngs)
Curtice, a widow, went back to live with her father and possibly
on account of the short duration of her married life with Caleb
Curtice, she soon became known better by her maiden surname
Youngs, than by her married name Curtice.
All of this is offered as a solution of the question as to who was
the first husband of Mary4 Youngs (No. 30) who was a widow on
June 13, 1755, and who married beyond a doubt (as her second
husband) on May 19, 1762, to Justice Samuel Landon (as his sec-
ond wife).
30. Mary4 Youngs (Mary3 Mayhew, Joanna2 Christophers, Jef-
fery1), b. , 1710 (or 1713), at Southold, N. Y. ; d. April
20, 1807, aged 97 (according to Youngs Genealogy, p. 85), or
April 22, 1809, aged 96 (according to N. Y. Gen. and Biog.
Record, Vol. XXVIII, p. 25), at Southold, N. Y. She married
(1) possibly, Nov. 21, 1734, at Southold, to Caleb Curtice (or
Curtis) as his 2nd wife, b. , 1679, at Southold, N. Y. ; d.
(before June 13, 1755), at ; he was a son of Caleb and
Elizabeth (Rider) Curtice, of Southold, N. Y.
Children: (Curtice) none that are known of.
Caleb Curtice, whose 2nd wife was Mary Youngs, married first
July 3, 1 716, at Southold, N. Y., to the widow Sarah Whittier (her
maiden surname and the baptisimal name of her first husband is
not known), b. , at ; d. (before Nov. 21, 1734),
at .
3»
Mary4 (Youngs) Curtice, possible widow of Caleb Curtice, mar-
ried (2) May 19, 1762, at Southold, N. Y., to Justice Samuel Lan-
don (as his 2nd wife) b. May 30, 1699 (or May 20, 1699, according
to N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, Vol. XXVIII, p. 25), at Southold,
N. Y. ;'he lived at Southold, N. Y., and was a Justice of the Peace
and Judge of Suffolk County, N. Y., 1764 to 1775, and one of the
most prominent men of that locality of his time; d. Jan. 21, 1782,
at Guilford, Conn., probably where he and his family had taken
refuge in the Revolutionary War, a gravestone to his memory is to
be seen in Southold graveyard. He was a son of Nathan Landon
(b. , 1664; d. March 9, 1718, at Southold) and his wife Hannah
? (whom he married about 1692, and who d. Jan. 26, 1701,
aged 30) of Southold, N. Y.
Children: none.
Judge Samuel Landon m. (1) May 26, 1721, to Bethiah Tuthill
(daughter of Henry and Bethiah (Horton) Tuthill, of Southold,
N. Y.), b. Dec. 12, 1703, at Southold; d. Aug. 30, 1761, at Southold,
N. Y., by whom he had 10 (Landon) children (not in Christophers
line), a record of whom can be seen in the New York Gen. and Biog.
Record, Vol. XXVIII, p. 25.
Mary (Youngs) Landon's will dated March 21, 1799, not pro-
bated, was in 1907 in possession of Mrs. G. W. Dayton, of Southold,
N. Y. In it she makes bequests to her sister Bethiah Swetland ; to
Thomas, John, Joshua, and Benjamin Youngs, Rhoda Brown, Mary
Wadsworth, Elizabeth Vail and Jemima Aver, being the children of
her brother Thomas Youngs ; to Mary Wickham, wife of John
YVickham ; and to the daughter of her sister Hannah ; and to Mary,
wife of Thomas Moore.
Authorities :
Moore's Indexes of Southold, N. Y., pp. 74, 97, 137.
Long Island Epitaphs, by Edward Doubleday Harris, p. 13.
Salmon Record, pp. 54, 72, 77, 83-4.
Youngs Genealogy, by Selah Youngs, pp. 84-6.
New York Gen. & Biog. Record, Vol. XXVIII, p. 25.
31. Elizabeth4 Youngs (Mary3 Mayhew, Joanna2 Christophers,
Jeffery1), b. , 1710, at Southo'ld, N. Y. ; d. , at ;
m. April 6, 1732, at Southold, to Jeremiah Vaile, b. April — ,
1709-10 (see age at and date of death), at Southold; he lived
at Oyster Ponds, L. I., N. Y., and was a farmer; d. Oct. 13,
1748, aged 39 years and 5 months, at Southold (Oyster Ponds),
N. Y., and was buried in Old Orient Burying Ground there,
gravestone. He was a son of Jeremiah Vaile (bapt. Salem,
Mass., Dec. 30, 1649; d. Nov. 28, 1726, aged J7, at Southold,
N. Y., and was there buried, gravestone) and his wife Anna
? (b. ; d. Dec. 23, 1726, at Southold, N. Y.), of
Southold. N. Y.
Children: 8 (Vaile), 6 sons and 2 daughters and perhaps others.
73. i. Jeremiah,5 b. , 1733; d. Jan. 20, 1798; m. Jan. 8,
1755-6, to Elizabeth Glover.
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74 ii- Thomas,5 b. Aug. 18, 1734; d. ; m. April 2 (or
12), 1758, to Hannah Brown.
75 iii. Mary,0 b. , 1736; d. ; m. Sept. 17, 1755, to
Thomas Moore.
76 iv. Mehetable,5 b. , 1738; d. ; m. to Joseph
Brown.
"J7 v. Joshua,5 b. ; d. ; not married according to
Young's Genealogy, p. 85.
78 vi. Abraham,5 b. , 1742; d. ; m. to Eliza-
beth Lea.
79 vii. David,5 b. ; d. ; not married according to
Youngs Genealogy, p. 85.
80 viii. Jonathan,5 b. , 1748; d. Aug. 11, 1754, aged 6
years.
A copy of the will of Jeremiah Vaile can be seen in the Collec-
tions of the N. Y. Historical Society, Vol. IV, of Abstracts of Wills,
1895. Will dated Oct. 12, 1748; proved Nov. 24, 1748. In it he
mentions his wife Elizabeth, eldest son Jeremiah and second son
Thomas, and leaves bequests to "his other children," not named —
also mentions his brother Gamaliel.
Authorities :
Long Island Epitaphs, by E. D. Harris, pp. 12, 29, 33.
Moore's Index of Southold, N. Y '., pp. 126-7, 137-
Youngs Family, by Selah Youngs, p. 85.
Salmon Record, pp. 32, 39, 66, 93-5.
N. Y. Hist. Society Collections, Vol. 1895, No. 4 of Abstracts of Wills.
Vail Manuscripts (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Soc. Library), Vol. IX, No. 27.
32. Hannah4 Youngs (Mary3 Mayhew, Joanna2 Christophers, Jef-
fery1), b. , at Southold, N. Y. ; d. (previous to June
I3» I755> date of her father's will), at ; m. Sept. 28, 1741,
at Southold, N. Y., to Samuel Hazard, b. , at ; d. ,
at . The New York Historical Society Abstracts of Wills,
Vol. V, p. 435, states : Samuel Hazzard of New York died in-
testate ; his brother Nathaniel Hazzard was appointed adminis-
trator on his estate July 10, 1759. The same authority, Vol. IV,
p. 262, gives will of Nathaniel Hazzard of Philadelphia, dated
Nov. 25, 1749; proved March 30, 1750; and in it names sons
Nathaniel and Samuel and daughter Hannah [it looks on the
face of it as if this daughter Hannah, was in reality his daugh-
ter-in-law Hannah* (Youngs) Hazzard, wife of his son Sam-
uel] ; the will also mentions his brother James Hazzard and
brother-in-law Richard Alsop and John Alsop.
Child: 1 (Hazard) daughter, viz: —
81 i. Mary5, b. (she was not 18 years old on June 13,
1755, date of her grandfather, Joshua Youngs', will,
which will left her a legacy to be given to her when
she reached the age of 18; hence she was born subse-
quent to June 13, 1737) ; d. , at ; m. (1) Luth-
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er Moore; m. (2) March — , 1766, Col. Thomas Terry;
m. (3) John Wickham.
Authorities :
Moore's Index of Southold, N. Y., p. 137.
Youngs Family, by Selah Youngs, p. 85.
Salmon Record, pp. 86, 100.
2)2,. Judge Thomas4 Youngs (Mary3 Mayhew, Joanna2 Christo-
phers. Jeffery1), b. , 1719 (see age at and date of death),
at Southold (Sterling), N. Y. ; he lived at Southold (Sterling),
N. Y. ; Yale College, Class 1741 ; Assistant Judge of Superior
Court of Common Pleas ; on Committee of Safety in Revolu-
tionary War; New York State Assembly, 1784; d. Feb. 19,
1793, at Southold, N. Y. ; aged "in 74th year" and was buried
there in East Marion Cemetery, gravestone; married June I,
1744 (1746 according to Youngs Family, by Selah Youngs), at
Southold, X. Y., to Rhoda Budd, b. , 1721 (see age at and
date of death), at Southold, N. Y. ; d. Jan. 9, 1798, "in 77th
year," at Southold, N. Y., and was buried there in East Marion
Cemetery, gravestone. She was a daughter of John Budd (b.
, 1686-7; d. Feb. 20, 1752-3, aged 64) and his 1st wife
Hannah ? (b. ; d. June 29, 1743), of Southold, N. Y.
Children: 11 (Youngs), 5 sons and 6 daughters, all b. in Ster-
ling (Southold), N. Y.
82 i. Hannah,5 b. ; d. ; m. Nov. 16, 1764, to Ab-
salom Rackett, who d. Sept. 14, 1785, at Southold, by
whom she had 5 children.
83 ii. Thomas,5 b. , 1748; d. Feb. 16, 1816, at Greenport,
L. I., N. Y. ; m. , 1773, about, to Lydia Tuthill
(dau. of John Tuthill), b. ; d. Jan. 13, 183 1, aged
80 years, 5 mo. ; and by whom he had 13 children.
84 iii. Joshua,5 b. Aug. 15, 1750; d. April 17, 1821 ; m. Dec.
21, 1780, to Hannah Sanford (dau. of Samuel), b.
Jan. 1, 1754; d. July 17, 1832; by whom he had 6
children; he lived after 1785, at Farmington, Conn.
85 iv. Mary,5 b. , 1752; d. Oct. 10, 1802, aged 50; m.
Oct. — , 1794, to Eliphalet Wadsworth of Farmington.
Conn., by whom she had 2 children.
86 v. Mehetable.5 b. March 12, 1755; d. May 1, 1755.
87 vi. Elizabeth,5 b. April 13, 1756; d. Jan. 26, 1825; m. Silas
Vail about 1792, b. ; d. Feb. — , 1821, by whom she
had 2 children.
88 vii. Rhoda.5 b. ; d. ; m. , to Captain James
Brown, who d. Dec. 29, 1798, aged 42 ; and by whom
she had 6 children.
89 viii. John.5 b. , 1760, about; d. , 1837, aged jy, m.
June 13, 1805, to Matsey (Tuthill) Moore (dau. of
Christopher Tuthill and widow of Benjamin Moore),
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b. Oct. 8, 1771 ; d. March 16, 1859; aged 87 ; by whom
he had 3 children.
90 ix. Jemima,5 b. ; d. Aug. 9, 1843; m- April 5, 1786,
to John Ayer, of Saybrook, Conn., a farmer who d.
, 1840; and by whom she had 5 children.
91 x. William,5 b. July 21, 1764; d. Sept. 3, 1783, aged 19
years and 44 days, and was buried in East Marion
Cemetery, Southold, N. Y. ; gravestone ; not married.
92 xi. Benjamin,5 b. , 1765 (or Nov. 15, 1767) ; d. Aug.
16, 1833, at Riverhead, L. I., N. Y. ; m. Jan. 22, 1797,
the widow Philena Wheadon, b. ; d. Dec. 31,
1856, aged 91 years; and by whom he had 4 children.
Authorities :
Youngs Family, by Selah Youngs, pp. 112-4, 149-153.
Long Island Epitaphs, by E. D. Harris, p. 26.
Moore's Index of Southold, N. Y., pp. 62-3, 137.
Salmon Record, pp. 41, 66, no.
34 Bethiah4 Youngs (Mary3 Mayhew, Joanna2 Christophers,
Jeffery1), b. , at ; d. , at ; m. June 19, 1759,
at Southold, N. Y., to Peter Sweetland (or Sweatland) of
Hebron, Conn., as his second wife, b. , at ; d. Nov.
10, 1792, in his 77th year, at Hebron, Conn.
Children: 2 (Sweetland) sons, viz: —
Peter Sweetland was a witness to the will of his father-in-law,
Joshua Youngs, on June 13, 1755. He m. (1) June 11, 1752, to
Ann Bond by whom he had no children according to Yale Biogra-
phies. He was of the Class of 1740 at Yale and is supposed to
have been the earliest graduate of that college from Tolland Co.,
Conn.
Authorities :
Youngs Family, by Selah Youngs, p. 85.
Salmon Record, p. 95.
Yale Biographies, by Dexter, Vol. 1701-1745, P- 655.
Bailey's Early Conn. Marriages, Book No. 3, p. 91.
37. Mary4 Corey (Abraham3 Corey, Margaret2 Christophers, Jef-
fery1), b. Jan. 11, 1707, at Southold, N. Y. ; d. Feb. — , 1768,
at Southold, N. Y. ; m. June 25, 1724, at Southold, to Ensign
John King, b. July 15, 1699, at Southold, N. Y. ; he lived at
Southold and died there June 19, 1753 (according to Salmon
Record, p. 36) or June 28, 1753 (AT. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record,
Vol. XXXII, p. 33, and Long Island Epitaphs, p. 32). His will
was dated June 14, 1753, and was proved January 8, 1756. He
was a son of Samuel King (b. March 23, 1675 5 d- MaY 6- l725 >
m. Jan. 1, 1697, at age of 23) and his wife Hannah ? (b.
, 1674, about; d. Aug. 17, 1712), of Southold, N. Y., where
he, Samuel King was Collector in 1708.
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Children: 7 (King), 4 sons and 3 daughters, all b. at Southold,
N. Y.
95 i. Man-,5 b. Jan. 27, 1726; d. April 9, 1766; m. (1) May
— , 1744, to Dr. Peter Brown (b. Sept. 11, 1719; d.
June 4, 1747) ; m. (2) March 6, 1754, to John Wig-
gins, Jr., as his 2nd wife.
96 ii. John,5b. Dec. 18, 1727 ; d. July 14, 1792 ;m. (1) March
13, 1754, to Abigail Brown; m. (2) March 10, 1770,
to Phoebe Youngs.
97 iii. Nathaniel,5 b. May 8, 1731 ; d. Oct. 1, 1822; m. Dec.
17, 1761, to Experience Young (dau. of Gideon
Young), b. March 2, 1738; d. Aug. 5, 1809.
98 iv. Absalom,5 b. Oct. 5, 1733; d. Oct. 15, 1752; not m. ;
buried in Orient Burying Ground, Southold, N. Y. ;
gravestone.
99 v. Mehitable,5 b. Oct. 2, 1736; d. , she was living at
date of her father's will, June 14, 1753.
100 vi. Abraham,3 b. Dec. 13, 1741 ; d. Aug. 31, 1782; m. Oct.
13, 1763, to Mehitable Tuthill.
101 vii. Margaret.5 b. March 6, 1747; d. ; m. Sept. 20,
1767, to Calvin Moore.
Authorities :
N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, Vols. XXXII, pp. 33-4; XXXIII, pp. 145-9-
Long Island Epitaphs, by E. D. Harris, pp. 32, 35.
Salmon Record, pp. 31, 35, 88, 93, 98, IOI.
39. Margaret4 Corey (Abraham3 Corey, Margaret2 Christophers,
Jeffery1) , b. June 22, 1714, at Southold, N. Y. ; d. Dec. 23, 1789 ;
m. Nov. 19, 1735, to Willoughby Lynde, b. March 1, 1710-11, at
Saybrook, Conn. ; he lived at Saybrook, Conn., and d. there
April 10, 1753, aged 42. He was of Yale College, Class 1732,
and afterwards a merchant in his native town. He was a son
of Hon. Samuel Lynde, Yale College, 1707 (b. Oct. 29, 1689,
at Saybrook; d. Sept. 19, 1754; m. April 4, 1710) and his first
wife Rebecca Clark (b. ; d. Jan. 20, 1716, dau. of John
Clark of Saybrook), of Saybrook, Conn.
Child: 1 (Lynde) son, born at Saybrook, Conn.
102 i. Samuel,5 b. Oct. 14, 1736; d. June 2, 1787; m. July 26,
1758, to Phebe Waterhouse (eldest dau. of John Wa-
terhouse, of Saybrook) by whom he had five (5) chil-
dren. By the death of his father a few months before
he entered college, he became heir to a large estate;
he graduated from Yale College 1757; he adopted no
profession and acquired no good business habits and
therefore soon exhausted his patrimony. After the
Revolutionary War he was obliged to give up the in-
herited family residence on Lynde Point, Saybrook.
and removed to a small house in the northern part of
the town, in what is now Chester, where he died in
his 51st year.
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Willoughby Lynde spent his life in Saybrook as a merchant en-
joying the esteem of his fellow townsmen. The Boston News Letter
of April 20 [1753], states: "We hear from Saybrook that Mr. Wil-
loughby Lynde went out on Monday morning the 10th instant, and
when he returned complained of a great pain in his head and tem-
ples and walking about the house fell down and died immediately."
Dexter's Yale Biographies states that his wife was a daughter of
Russell Corey of Southold, N. Y., in which statement I think the
compiler in error. Willoughby Lynde's widow [according to Yale
Biographies] married a second time to a Mr. Avery of Saybrook
and subsequently (probably in 1774) to Capt. Samuel Wells of Mid-
dletown, Conn.
Authorities :
N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, Vol. XXXII, pp. 33-4.
Yale Biographies, by Dexter, Vol. 1701-1745, p. 456; 1745-1763, p. 478.
41. Col. Elijah4 Hutchinson (Elizabeth3 Corey, Margaret2
Christophers, Jeffery1), b. Oct. 21, 1698, at Southold, N. Y. ; d.
Oct. 15, 1754, aged 55 years, 11 months and 25 days, at Southold
and was there buried, gravestone; m. Aug. 2 (or 16), 1724, at
Southold, N. Y., to Mary Hutchinson, b. , 1713, about
(see age at and date of death), at Southold; d. April 9, 1783,
"in her 70th year," at Southold and was there buried, grave-
stone. She was probably her husband's first cousin and daughter
of Lieut. Matthias Hutchinson (b. , 1668; d. Jan. 16, 1724,
aged 56) and his wife Mary ? (b. , 1674; d. Feb. 9 (3
or 2), 1721-2, aged 47), of Southold, N. Y.
Children: 6 (Hutchinson), 2 sons and 4 daughters, all b. at
Southold, N. Y.
103 i. Mary,5 b. , 1727, about; d. Jan. 21, 1783, in her
56th year; m. Lieut. Moses Case, Feb. 23, 1747-8.
104 ii. Matthias,5 b. Dec. 19, 1735; d. Jan. 17, 1759, aged 23
years, 29 days ; not married.
105 iii. Son,5 b. ; d. Jan. 10, 1739-40.
106 iv. Kete,5 b. ; d. Oct. 6, 1746.
107 v. Elizabeth,5 b. ; d. ; m. Abraham Davids, Aug.
10, 1761.
108 vi. Martha,5 b. June — , 1740; d. April 26, 1775, aged 34
years, 10 mo.; m. Jared Landon, Aug. 3 (or 23), 1768.
Authorities :
N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, Vol. XXXI, pp. 228-9.
Long Island Epitaphs, by E. D. Harris, pp. 13, 17.
Salmon Record, pp. 56, 75, 89, 96, 101, 114.
Moore's Index of Southold. pp. 94-5.
Miss Lucy D. Akerly in Volume of MSS. Pedigrees, on file in N. Y. Gen.
& Biog. Soc. Library.
43. Benjamin4 Hutchinson (Elizabeth3 Corey, Margaret2 Chris-
phers, Jeffery1), b. , 1704, at Southold, N. Y. ; d. April 16,
1774, at Southold, N. Y., aged 70; m. July 8, 1731, at Southold,
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N. Y., to Mary Domeny, b. , at ; d. Aug. 26, 1783, at
Southold. X. Y. Her origin and parentage are not known to
me. There was a Nathaniel Dominy (or Demony) in East
Hampton, in 1717, who was a brother-in-law of Robert Parsons
who may have been the father of this Mary Domeny.
Children: 3 (Hutchinson), sons all b. at Southold, N. Y.
109 i. Benjamin.5, b. ; d. ; m. Jan. I, 1764-5, at
Southold to Deborah Wills.
Children: 5 (Hutchinson), 4 sons and 1 daughter, viz:
i. Abigail,6 bapt. Mattituck Church, Nov. 30, 1766; d.
April 8, 1774.
ii. Benjamin,6, bapt. Mattituck Church, March I, 1769;
d. ; m. Jan. 24, 1789, to Elizabeth Tuthill.
iii. Matthias,6 bapt. Mattituck Church, June 5, 1771 ;
d. Sept. 2, 1771.
iv. Matthias,6 bapt. Mattituck Church, May 11, 1774.
v. Samuel,6 bapt. Mattituck Church, July 6, 1777.
no ii. John,5 b. , 1750; d. Nov. 22, 1751, aged 1 year.
in iii. Samuel,5 b. , 1733, about; d. March 4, 1790, in
his 57th year, at Easthampton, and was buried there,
gravestone; he was a physician at Easthampton; he
m. (1) Sept. 25, 1753, at Southold, N. Y., to Hannah
Tuthill, b. , 1736; d. Feb. 6, 1760, in her 24th year
and was buried at Southold, N. Y., by whom he had
at least one child, viz: an infant son who d. April 17,
1754; he m. (2) Dec. 24, 1763, at Easthampton. N. Y.,
to Phebe Parsons (or Payson) (daughter of John and
Phebe ( ) Parsons of Easthampton; John Parsons'
will was dated Nov. 11, 1781 ; proved May 19, 1784, in
which he names his daughter Phebe Hutchinson and
his son-in-law Samuel Hutchinson), b. ; d. May
6 (or 7), 1784, at Easthampton and was buried there,
gravestone.
Authorities :
Moore's Indexes of Southold, N. Y ., pp. 94-5.
Salmon Record, pp. 34, 38, 47-8, 51. 56, 82. 92, 99- "4-
Craven's History of Mattituck, L. I., N. Y ., pp. 272, 275, 278, 281, 284, 341.
Long Island Epitaphs, by E. D. Harris, pp. 17, 82, 86, 90.
44. Abijah* Corey (John3 Corey, Margaret2 Christophers, Jef-
fery1), b. , at , d. , at ; m. , at , to
Neomi ? (whose maiden surname and parentage are as yet
undetermined), b. ; d. May 18, 1793, at Southold, N. Y.
Children: at least 3 (Corey), 1 son and 2 daughters, viz: —
112 i. Abraham,5 b. ; d. Dec. 12, 1753, at Southold, N. Y.
113 ii. Mary,8 b. ; d. Jan. 16, 1753-4, at Southold, N. Y.
114 iii. Mary,5 b. ; bapt. "intown," March — , 1757.
Authorities :
Craven's History of Mattituck, N. Y ., p. 258.
Salmon Record, pp. 37-8, 63.
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46. Elizabeth4 Corey (John3 Corey, Margaret2 Christophers, Jef-
fery1), b. , at ; she was a member of the church at
Southold, N. Y., and was not mentioned in Barnstable, Mass.,
records until Jan. 21, 1747-8; d. , at ; m. Dec. 13, 1735,
at Southhold, N. Y. (according- to Otis Barnstable Families,
Vol. II, p. 144) or April 5, 1735 (according to Salmon Record,
p. 84) to Jonathan Lewis, b. ; bapt. May 10, 1713, at Barn-
table, Mass. ; d. , at . He was a son of James Lewis (b.
June 3, 1664; d. June 18, 1748, aged 84; will dated March 25,
1747; proved June 29, 1748; m. ) and either his first or
second wife; his first wife was Elizabeth Lothrop (daughter
of Capt. John and his first wife Mary (Cole) Lothrop of Barn-
stable. Mass.), b. Sept. 16, 1679; d. whom he married
Nov. — , 1698; his 2nd wife was Mercy Sturgis (b. ; d.
Dec. 7, 1745, aged 64).
Children: 4 (Lewis) sons, all b. in Barnstable, Mass.
115 i. James,5 b. Jan. 25, 1740.
116 ii. Barnabas,5 b. Oct. 7, 1743.
117 iii. Joshua,5 b. Jan. 9, 1747-8; bapt. Barnstable, Jan. 31,
1747-8.
118 iv. Jonathan,5 b. May 25, 1750.
Authorities :
Otis' Barnstable Families, Vol. II, pp. 135-6, 144. 164-5.
N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, Vol. XXXII, p. 33-
Moore's Index of Southold, p. 71.
48. Dorothy4 Corey (John3 Corey, Margaret2 Christophers, Jef-
fery1), b. , at ; d. Oct. 18, 1755, at Southold, N. Y. ;
m. March 17, I737,_at Southold, N. Y, to William Dickerson
(as his first wife), b. , at ; d. , 1791, at Southold,
N. Y. He was a son of John and Abigail (Reeve) Dickerson,
of Southold, N. Y.
Children: 9 (Dickerson) ; 5 sons and 4 daughters, viz.: —
infant son,5 b. ; d. September 26, 1737.
Bethjah,5 b. Sept. 20, 1738.
Abraham,5 b. April 10, 1741.
Jonathan,5 b. April 9, 1744.
Mary,5 b. June 22, 1746.
Abigail,5 b. April 14, 1749.
William,5 b. June 22, 1751.
1198 viii. Ruhamah,5 b. April 12 1753.
H9h ix. David,5 b. March 16, 1755.
Authorities :
Salmon Record, pp. 41, 4,7, 84. 95-
Moore's Index of Southold, pp. 41, 77.
Genealogies of Long Island Familes, by Charles J. Werner, 1919, p. 13.
49. Abraham4 Corey (John3 Corey. Margaret2 Christophers, Jef-
fery1), b. , at Southold, N." Y. (probably) ; d. (as he
119
i.
119s
ii.
ii9b
iii.
ii9c
iv.
ii9d
v.
ii9e
vi.
ii9f
vii.
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was not mentioned in John3 Corey's (his father's) will, dated
Dec. 26, 1753; proved Aug. 24, 1754; it is fair to assume that
he died prior to Dec. 26, 1753, at ; m. Oct. 12, 1731, at
Southold, N. Y., to Ealce (Alee or Alice) Braddick, b. ,
at ; d. (as she is not mentioned in the will of her
father-in-law John3 Corey dated Dec. 26, 1753; and also as her
son Braddick5 Corey is mentioned, — it is possible that she died
prior to Dec. 26, 1753), at . She was a daughter of Capt.
John Braddick and his wife Mary ? of Southold, N. Y.
This Capt. John Braddick made his will Sept. 6, 1733, which
will was proved Sept. 6, 1734; and in said will he mentions his
wife Mary ?, his son John; daughter Mary; partner
Thomas Sandiforth, and five younger children, Alee, Elizabeth,
David, Peter and Abigail.
Child: 1 (Corey) son, viz: —
120 i. Braddick,5 b. (prior to 1739 as he was married in
1760 and was probably 21 years old or older at mar-
riage), at ; d. , at ; m. Dec. 10, 1760, at
Southold, N. Y., to Fordom. Braddick Corey
was in later life a prominent citizen of Sag Harbor,
N. Y. He is mentioned in the will of his grandfather,
John3 Corey referred to above.
Authorities :
Salmon Record, p. 96.
Long Island Epitaphs, p. 39.
Moore's Index of Southold, p. 73.
50. Mary4 Corey (John3 Corey, Margaret2 Christophers, Jeffery1),
b. Dec. 3, 1727, at Southold, N. Y. ; d. July 3, 1749, at Southold,
N. Y., "aged 21 years, 7 months," and was there buried, grave-
stone; m. Jan. 14, 1747-8, at Southold, to John Wiggins, Jr., a
yoeman of Southold, N. Y. ; b. , at Southold, N. Y., prob-
ably; d. Sept. 18, 1768, at Southold, N. Y. His father was
probably John Wiggins, as he is called Junior, but I have been
unable to determine which John Wiggins was his father as
there were at least 3 contemporaneous John Wiggins in
Southold at this period.
Child: 1 (Wiggins) daughter, viz: —
121 i. Mary,5 b. (she is mentioned in her grandfather,
John3 Corey's will, dated Dec. 26, 1753, hence she was
born before that date), at Southold, N. Y. ; d. , at
John Wiggins, Jr., m. (2) March 6, 1754, to Mary5 (King)
Brown, see Record No. 95 of this article (widow of Dr. Peter
Brown, whom she married May — , 1746, and who was b. Sept. 11,
1719, and d. June 4, 1747), b. Jan. 27, 1726; d. April 9, 1766. She
was a daughter of Ensign John King by his wife Mary4 Corey, see
Record No. 37 of this article, of Southold, N. Y.
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Children: ? (Wiggins) there was issue by this marriage.
Not in Christophers line.
Mary5 King, m. (i) May — , 1746, to Dr. Peter Brown, b. Sept.
11, 1719; d. June 4, 1747. He was a son of Richard and probably
Anna (Youngs) Brown, of Southold.
Children: ? (Wiggins), there was issue by this marriage in
the 6th generation of the Christophers blood (from Jeffery,1
Margaret,2 Abraham3 Corey, Mary4 Corey, JMary5 King, who
m. (1) Peter Brown; m. John Wiggins, Jr.
Peter Brown's will was dated May 26, 1747, and proved Jan. 30,
1747-8, leaves one-third of his estate to his wife not named and
two-thirds to his son Peter.
His son Peter Brown's will dated Dec. 8, 1767, proved March
19, 1770, mentions his brother John Wiggins.
Authorities :
Salmon Record, pp. 44, 89, 93.
Moore's Indexes of Southold, N. Y., pp. 47, 60, 129.
N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, Vol. XXXII. p. 33 ; XXXIII, p. 148.
N. Y. Hist. Society. Abstracts of Wills. Vol. 1895, pp. 142-3, Vol. 1898.
P- 375-
Fifth Generation
51. Elizabeth5 Howard (Elizabeth4 Mayhew, John3 Mayhew,
Joanna2 Christophers, Jeffery1), b. (bapt. July 16, 1732, at
New London, Conn.) ; d. , at ; m. Dec. 4, 1748; int.
pub. New London, Oct. 16, 1748, at New London, to John
Monroe, Jr., of New London, b. (bapt. May 29, 1726, at
New London) ; d. , at . He was a son of John Mon-
roe (b. ; d. ; int. m. pub. New London, March 14,
1724-5) and his wife Lydia Plumbe (b. ; bapt. New Lon-
don, May 2, 1703; d. ; daughter of Deacon John Plumb
of New London, Conn.), of New London, Conn.
Children: ? (Monroe). I find no record of any children
in the baptisimal record of the First Church of New London.
In Prentiss' New London Graveyard Inscriptions from Old Bury-
ing Ground, on p. 27, we find record of the gravestones (without
any dates) of Mrs. Elizabeth Plumbe and Mr. John Plumbe. These
may be the gravestones of the parents of Lydia Plumbe who m.
John Monroe, Senior.
Authorities :
Hempstead's Diary, p. 155.
Hist. First Church, New London, pp. 466, 488, 494.
Bailey's Early Conn. Marriages, Book II, p. 21.
Caulkin's History of New London, pp. 336-7-
62. Hannah5 Talman (Samuel4 Talman, Joanna3 Mayhew,
Joanna2 Christophers, Jeffery1), b. ; bapt. New London,
Oct. 26, 1746; d. Nov. 12, 1814, at Middletown, Conn., probably;
m. Sept. 13, 1767, at New London to William Starr, b. April 3,
1747; bapt. April 5, 1747, at New London; he was a "block-
4i
maker" and lived at Middletown, Conn.; d. Jan. 24, 1825, at
Middletown, Conn. He was a son of Capt. Daniel Starr (b.
; bapt. June 22, 1712, at New London; d. there June 6,
1767; m. there Nov. 18, 1735) and his wife Elizabeth Hemp-
stead (b. ; bapt. New London, May 2, 1714; d. Nov. 23,
1766) of New London, Conn.
Children: 5 (Starr), 3 sons and 2 daughters, first 4 b. in New
London ; 5th in Middletown.
122 i. Joseph,6 b. Dec. 12, 1767.
123 ii. Elizabeth,6 b. Dec. 7, 1769; d. Aug. 2, 1835, at Geneseo,
N. Y. ; m. (1) David Eells; m. (2) Stephen Pierce, of
Middletown, Conn.
124 iii. William,6 b. Nov. 17, 1771.
125 iv. Samuel,6 b. Nov. 20, 1773; d. Sept. 13, 1775, at Mid-
dletown, Conn.
126 v. Abigail,6 b. Nov. 29, 1775; d. ; m. May II, 1794,
to Euclid Elliott (son of Clark and Desire ( )
Elliott, of New London, Conn.), b. ; d. Sept. 30,
1798, at New London. After her husband's death she
returned to Middletown, Conn.
Authorities :
Hist First Church, New London, pp. 475-6, 515-6.
Bailey's Early Conn. Marriages, Book II, pp. 17, 28.
New London Graveyard Inscriptions, by Prentiss, p. 30.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 34.
Miss Nettie B. Eells, of N. Y. City, a descendant of No. 123.
Starr Genealogy, by Dr. D. B. Starr, pp. 249, 257.
HON. CHISTOPHER1 CHRISTOPHERS AND HIS
DESCENDANTS
Hon. Christopher1 Christophers, b. , 1631, about (as
he was 56 years old at his date of death, June 23, 1687), at ,
England (possibly Devonshire as his son Richard2 Christo-
phers was born at Cherston Ferrers, on Torbay, near Dart-
mouth, in Devonshire, England) ; he came over to this country
either direct from England or by the way of Barbadoes and
settled in New London, Conn., about 1665. His house in New
London was located where now is the northwest corner of
Main and Federal Streets ; he was engaged largely in the ship-
ping exchange trade with Barbadoes and was the owner of
many vessels. He died July 23, 1687, aged 56, at New London,
Conn., and was buried there in Old Burying Ground, gravestone.
He m. (1) (before 1650, as his 1st child John2 Christo-
phers was born about 1650), at , England, probably, to
Mary ? (whose maiden surname and parentage are not
known), b. , 1621 (see age at and date of death), at
(England, probably) ; d. July 13, 1676, at New London, Conn.,
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aged 55 years, and was there buried in Old Burying Ground,
gravestone. He m. (2) , 1676, about (according to Caul-
kin's History of New London, p. 251). The exact date of the
marriage is not known, but a certificate is entered upon one
of the town record books of New London, without mention of
time or place, or the name of the officiating magistrate, record-
the marriage of Christopher1 Christophers and the widow
Bradley; this certificate is attested to by two witnesses, viz:
Mary Shapley and Jane Hill, the latter a child of 8 or 9 years
of age, both nieces of the bride. Jane Hill was born Dec. 9,
1669, and was therefore 8 or 9 years old in 1677 or 1678; so,
if this record is correct the marriage took place about 1677-8.
It is more probable that it took place immediately after the
death of Christopher Christopher's first wife Mary's death,
which took place July 13, 1676. Sufficient grounds existed to
necessitate a speedy marriage between the two, if any marriage
at all was to take place (see Caulkin's History of New London,
p. 251), to Elizabeth (Brewster) Bradley (widow of Peter1
Bradley of New London, Conn., who d. June — , 1662), born
May 1, 1637, at Duxbury, Mass.; d. Feb. — , 1708, "aged
about 70," at New London, Conn., and was buried there in
Old Burying Ground, gravestone. She was a daughter of
Hon. Jonathan2 (William1) and Lucretia (Oldham) Brewster,
of New London, Conn.
Children: by first marriage, 3 (Christophers), 2 sons and 1
daughter, viz:
+2 i. John,2 b. (1650 about); d. Feb. 3, 1703; m.
Elizabeth Mulford. -
+3 ii. Mary,2 b. , 1657 (see age at and date of death) ;
d. July 24, 1724, aged 67 ; m. (1) Peter2 Bradley;
m. (2) Capt. Thomas Youngs; m. (3) Nathaniel
Lynde.
+4 iii. Richard,2 b. July 13, 1662; d. June 9, 1726; m. (1)
Lucretia Bradley; m. (2) Grace Turner.
Children by second marriage 2 (named either Christophers or
Bradley), sex not stated:
-j-5 iv. (child, sex not stated), b. , previous to 1673
(see Caulkin's History of New London, p. 251).
-\-6 v. (child, sex not stated), b. , 1673, (see Caulkin's
History of New London, p. 251).
Christopher1 Christophers having purchased the Doxey or Lane
home-lot, on the Town Street (now Main Street, New London),
built thereon about 1680, a new house which is supposed to have
been the same structure in frame and fashion that at the date of
publication of Caulkin's History of New London was then and
previously known as the Wheat House. According to tradition the
timber of which the frame was built grew upon the spot. After
one hundred and seventy years of existence the frame was still
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firm and substantial. It was one of the six fortified houses in
1676, and subsequently when enlarged, the addition was built over
the old sloping roof. Another and larger house was built by the
side of it on the same home-lot and probably on the site of the Doxey
or Lane house about the year 17 19, in which latter house resided the
second Christopher3 Christophers, a grandson of Christopher1 Chris-
tophers. This house was at the time of writing of Caulkin's History
of New London, known as the Hurlbut House (corner of Main and
Federal Street, New London). Both of these houses were de-
molished in 185 1 and the modern residences of Messrs. Miner and
Lawrence were built on the ground. Mr. Miner's house occupying
the corner and Mr. Lawrence's adjoining on Main Street.
Christopher1 Christophers brought with him to New London a
wife Mary and three children, viz. : John,2 Mary2 and Richard.2 An
ancient record in the family states that his son, Richard2 Christo-
phers, was born July 13, 1662, at "Chof ton's Ferris" in Devonshire,
England (probably Cherston Ferrers, a village on Torbay, near
Dartmouth). Mrs. Mary Christophers, his first wife, d. July 13,
1676, aged 55 years, which makes her 10 years older than her hus-
band, whom she pre-deceased by 11 years also. Her gravestone
is the second in chronological sequence in the Old Burying Ground ;
being next in date of death to the tablet erected to the memory of
Richard Lord. Christopher1 Christopher's second wife, Elizabeth3
(Brewster) Bradley, relict of Peter1 Bradley of New London, sur-
vived her second husband Christopher1 Christophers ; she d. at New
London. Feb. — , 1708, aged "about seventy," and was buried in
the Old Burying Ground, gravestone ; a portion of her gravestone
bearing the year and day of her death is broken off and missing;
but if she was (as it is stated and which agrees with the date of
her birth) forty-two years old in 1680 and was "about seventy years
old" at death (b. May 1, 1637), she must have d. about 1708 (see
Caulkin's History of New London, p. 277).
The first mention made of Christopher1 Christophers in New
London records is in the year 1665, when he made and recorded a
co-partnership with Charles Hill ; thus forming what was the first
co-partnership in shipping and trading in New London of- which
there remains any record. The names of both these partners appear
that year for the first time on the roll of inhabitants of New Lon-
don, and the earliest specific date relating to them is June 26, 1665,
when they purchased on Mill Cove, the warehouses and wharfage
where Richard Hartley and John Tinker had formerly traded. In
the articles of co-partnership they are styled "Charles Hill of Lon-
don, guirdler and Christopher Christophers mariner." The firm of
Hill and Christophers was engaged in trade with Barbadoes.
Several vessels were built by Mould and Coit, shipwrights of
New London for the partners Hill and Christophers, among them
were the New London, 70 tons, delivered to the owners June 25,
1666, and called a ship; the barque Regard in 1668; and the sloop
Charles, 22 tons, in 1672. The New London was a larger vessel
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than any theretofore constructed in New London and was employed
on voyages to Europe. Thomas Forster, John Prout and John
Prentiss (the second of the name) were successively her com-
manders. Almost every merchant that sent out vessels at that period
made occasional voyages himself, either as master or as super-
cargo.
The farms of Mr. Blinman at Pine Neck and Fort Hill were
purchased by Christopher1 Christophers from Mr. Blinman after
the latter had returned to England, on Jan. 10, 1670-1. The deed
of conveyance being signed by "Richard Blinman, with Mary my
wife, now dwelling in the castle, in the City of Bristol, England, 10
January 1670-1."
An Indian named Tatto-bitton, sole surviving son of a noted
Indian of those parts, known as the Giant on account of his im-
mense stature, sold his share of his father's land to Christopher1
Christophers, July 1, 1687. This land here referred to was at
Black Point and was sufficient to form two or three moderate farms.
A considerable part of this land fell by inheritance to the children of
Thomas Manwaring, whose wife was Esther3 Christophers (John,2
Christopher1).
In the disputes as to land ownership which arose in 1667 between
the towns of New London and Saybrook, the town of New London
appointed (amongst others) the partners Hill and Christophers
members of a commission to recover the rights of New London
and settle the boundary "according to ancient grants of the Court."
From the above stated facts quoted in most part verbatim from
various parts of Caulkin's History of New London, it appears that
Christopher1 Christophers was able to establish himself immediately
upon his arrival in New London as a trading merchant and ship
owner whose prosperity seemed to be an already established fact,
or else was of unusually speedy development after his arrival there —
as is evidenced by his almost immediately purchasing ships of con-
siderable value for the firm to which he belonged, and by his subse-
quent acquisition of large landed interests. He was well thought
of in the community and left the imprint of his force and character
upon the children he left to succeed him. He was a Deputy to the
General Assembly of Connecticut at Hartford, to represent New
London, Oct. II, 1683, and Oct. 8, 1685.
He seems to have been possessed of certain moral weaknesses
which reflect in no flattering manner on his character for purity of
body. These moral delinquencies were as prevalent in those early
days as they are now in modern times. These defects of character
in no wise prevented him from being one of the leading men of
New London, and he moreover did all in his power to extenuate
the wrong done by him by his subsequent marriage to the widow
Bradley.
From the date given for the birth of his son Richard2 Christo-
phers at Cherston-Ferrers, Eng., July 13, 1662, it would seem that,
as he appeared in New London, as early as June 26, 1665, New
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London must have been his first and only place of residence after
leaving England, in which he established anything other than a
temporary abiding place. Savage says that he probably sailed from
England to Barbadoes and almost immediately thereafter removed
to and settled in New London.
Both Christopher1 Christophers and his first wife Mary ( )
Christophers lie buried in the Old Burying Ground in New Lon-
don, which is situated to the immediate North of Bulkley School
(1897) which latter structure stands upon the approximate site of
the First Meeting House in New London. Their graves are marked
with stones thus inscribed :
"Here lyes ye body of Mrs. Mary Christophers, ye wife of Mr.
Christophers, who died July ye 13 Anno 1676, and in ye 55 year
of her age." "Here lyes ye body of Mr. Christopher Christophers
who died July ye 23, Anno 1687 in ye 56 year of his age."
In the graveyard inscriptions copied from the Old Burying
Ground, New London, by Edward Prentis, 1899, we find the fol-
lowing recorded as the then present condition of the gravestone
of Mrs. Elizabeth (Brewster) Bradley-Christophers, second wife
and widow of Christopher1 Christophers, viz :
"Here ly of Mrs. Eliza phers, wife of topher
Christ , who died Feb. ye , aged about 70" with a foot stone
inscribed "Mrs. Elizabeth Christophers."
Elizabeth3 Brewster m. (1) , at (New London, prob-
ably, although no record of the marriage exists), to Peter1 Bradley
of New London, Conn., who came to New London in 1654 and
whose parentage and place of origin is as yet not determined ; b.
, at ; d. June — , 1662 (according to Caulkin's History of
New London, p. 278, which probably refers to the date of its rec-
ording in that town), or April 3, 1662 (according to a genealogical
article by Annie Haxtun in the Mail and Express, N. Y. City,
Oct. 21, 1897, which probably gives real date of death), at
"Flushen" (Flushing), Long Island, N. Y., where an inventory of
"his boat and sea clothing was taken. He first made his appear-
ance in New London in 1654 and was a mariner plying his vessel
to ports along the sound. Peter1 Bradley's home lot in New London
was originally John Gallup's ; it was situated east of Town (now
Main) Street, between the location of the present Federal Street
and State Street and sloped down to a marsh where is now located
Water Street. This home lot was appraised in the inventory of
Peter1 Bradley at only £30. The Bradley house was near the
north end of this lot with a lane leading to the house from Town
(Main) Street. In more recent times the Bradley house was known
as the Shackmaple house. North of this, and originally a part of
the Bradley lot was the homestead of Daniel Wetherell (where
later was the Pool property). Some other small portions were
sold by Peter2 Bradley, Jr. ; but after his father's death it remained
unimproved and integral until 1730, when it was sold by Jonathan4
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Bradley of Southold (son of Christopher3 Bradley, deceased) to
Daniel Tuthill for £500. It was then estimated as eight acres.
Tuthill had it laid out in streets (one of which is now called Bradley
Street) and blocks, and sub-divided into small house-lots which
were put immediately into the market and at the time of writing of
Caulkin's History of New London, there were nearly two hundred
houses on this land.
Children of Elizabeth3 Brewster by her first husband Peter1
Bradley, 4 (Bradley), 1 son and 3 daughters, viz.:
1 Elizabeth,2 b. March 16, 1654-5; d. ; m. Sept. 22, 1670,
to Thomas Dymond, a mariner from Fairfield, Conn., who
settled in New London, Conn., of which place he was con-
stable in 1679, b. , at ; d. , 1687, at New
London, Conn.; children (5) Dymond, viz.: (1) Elizabeth,
b. Aug. 44, 1672. (2) Thomas, b. July 22, 1675. (3) Moses,
b. May 14, 1677. (4) Ruth, b. Sept. 12, 1680. (5) John, b.
July 25, 1686.
2 Hannah,2 b. Sept. 17, 1656.
3 Peter,2 born Sept. 7, 1658; d. Aug. 1, 1687; m. May 9, 1678,
to Mary2 Christophers (Christopher1 Christophers), see rec-
ord No. 2.
4 Lucretia,2 b. Aug. 16, 1661 ; d. Jan. 7, 1690-1, at New Lon-
don ; m. Richard2 Christophers as his first wife, see record
No. 3.
Authorities :
Caulkin's History of New London, pp. 108-11, 117, 145-6, 166, 170,
183, 234-5, 238, 251, 307-8, 316-17, 623.
Savage's Gen. Dictionary of New England, Vol. I. pp. 234, 373.
Brewster Genealogy, by E. C. B. Jones, Vol. I, pp. 16, 18-19.
Schenck's History of Fairfield, Vol. I, p. 367.
Graveyard Old Burying Ground, New London, by Prentis, pp. 16, 36.
Second Generation
2. Lieutenant John2 Christophers (Hon. Christopher1), b.
(165a about) (on the assumption that he was older than
his wife, as she was born about 1650 (see age at and date of
her death) it would appear that he was born previous to 1650
which would make him the eldest child of his parents) at ,
England (possibly Devonshire) ; he was bapt. New London,
First Church, Dec. 22, 1700, by Gurdon Saltonstall, at same
time as his daughter Elizabeth3 Christophers ; he was a mariner
engaged in the exchange trade with Barbadoes, he was con-
stable of New London and held the title of Lieutenant in the
militia; he d. in Barbadoes, Feb. 3, 1702-3, and was probably
buried there; m. July 28, 1696, at ? to Elizabeth Mulford,
as her first husband, b. , 1650 (see age at and date of
death), at ; d. Aug. 13, 1720, aged 70, at New London,
Conn., and was there buried in Old Burying Ground, grave-
stone. She was a daughter of Capt. John Mulford of Long
Island.
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Children: 4 (Christophers), 2 sons and 2 daughters, all b. at
New London, Conn. :
7 i. Samuel.3 b. July 24, 1697; d. , young, probably.
+8 ii. Elizabeth,3 b. Feb. 15, 1698; bapt. New London,
First Church, Dec. 22. 1700; d. May 12, 1730, aged
30 years; m. Joshua Raymond (the 3rd of his name)
of New London, Conn.
9 iii. John,3 b. May — , 1701 ; bapt. New London, First
Church, May 25, 1701 ; d. July 29, 1723; he was
drowned by the wreck of a sloop in which he was
returning from the Island of Martinique, off East-
hampton. Long Island, during a great storm on that
date ; his body was recovered and was interred at
Easthampton, where a stone marks his grave thus
inscribed : "Here lyeth ye body of John Christophers
of New London, who in coming from the West In-
dies was cast away on ye South side in a storm July
29, 1723, and all were lost. Ye next day he was
decently interred, aged 22 years." Hempstead in
his diary under date of Friday, Aug. 9, 1723, thus
refers to the event: "News is confirmed from East-
hampton of a sloop cast away in ye great storm
(Monday night was seven night) at Montauket, South
Side. She is concluded to be a sloop from Marte-
neco, belonged to Rhode Island. Not one soul saved
to tell news. Four men are already found washed
on shore of which John Christophers ye only son of
John Christophers, deceased is one who sailed hence
last winter with Peter Manwaring for Marteneco,
where ye vessel was seized. It is feared that Man-
waring and George Plumbe and young Gorton were
passengers also and were drowned, all of which is
confirmed." John3 Christophers was not married,
and being the only son of his father John2 Christo-
phers, his death without issue left the perpetuation of
the Christopher's name in the family of his brother
Hon. Richard2 Christophers, who is therefore the
ancestor of all those who subsequent to this date
July 29, 1723, bore the name of Christophers in New
London.
-j-10 iv. Esther,3 b. June 20, 1703; bapt. New London, First
Church, June 28, 1703 ; d. Jan. — , 1782 ; m. Thomas
Manwaring.
Elizabeth (Mulford) Christophers, widow of John2 Christophers
m. (2) Oct. 21, 1706, at New London, Conn., to John3 Picket (the
third of his name in New London), b. July 28, 1685, at New Lon-
don and baptized there First Church, Oct. 4, 1692; he lived in
New London ; graduated at Yale College in 1705, and was a mer-
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chant and lawyer and Clerk of the County Court and a Deputy to
the General Assembly in 1727; he d. at New London, Dec. 9, 1738,
aged 53, and was buried there in Old Burying Ground, no grave-
stone. His will was dated Dec. 5, 1738. He was a son of Adam2
Picket (John1), b. Nov. 15, 1658; d. , 1691, by his wife Han-
nah Wetherell (daughter of Daniel and Grace (Brewster) Wetherell,
of New London. Adam2 Picket was a son of John1 Picket and
brother of John2 Picket of New London.
Children: 4 (Picket), 2 sons and 2 daughters, all born in New
London. Not in Christophers line:
1 Adam, b. May 26, 1708; d. (before his father).
2 John, b. Dec. 5, 1710; bapt. Dec. 24, 1710; d. Jan. 4, 1739-
40; m. Jan. 3, 1738, at Stonington, Conn., to Mary Cogs-
well, of Easthampton, L. I.
3 Hannah, b. Sept. 9, 1712; bapt. Sept. 28, 1712; d. ; m.
Peter Latimer.
4 Mary, b. ; bapt. Aug. 29, 1714; d. ; m. Richard4
Christophers, see No. 52.
From Hempstead's Diary, p. 100, we gather the following: "Sun-
day August 14, 1720. Mrs. Elizabeth Picket died last night.
Seventy, in about 6 hours," from which I interpret that she was
seventy years old. She was buried Aug. 15, 1720, at New London.
As she was 70 years old at death, she was b. about 1650, which
gives a hint as to the date of birth of her first husband John2
Christophers. For, if, as is probable, he was older than his wife,
he, John2 Christophers must have been b. earlier than 1650, which
would make him the eldest son of his parents.
Authorities :
Connecticut Colonial Records, Vol. 1689-1706, p. 239.
Caulkin's History of New London, pp. 276-7, 286, 317-18, 363, 367.
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of N. E., Vol. I, p. 383.
Prentis' Old Burying Ground, New London Inscriptions, p. 39.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 15, 38, 100, 133, 343, 359.
History First Church, New London, pp. 457, 463-4, 466, 473, 475-7.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book No. 2, pp. 10-11.
Raymond Genealogy, pp. 6, 9.
History of Montville, Conn., pp. 575-7.
Yale Biographies, by Dexter, Vol. 1701-1745, pp. 38, 461.
Original Records of New London, Vol. II, pp. 60, 64-5.
3. Mary2 Christophers (Hon. Christopher1), b. , 1657,
about (see age at and date of death), at , England (prob-
ably somewhere in Devonshire) ; d. July 4, 1724, aged 67, at
either Saybrook, Conn., or Southold, N. Y., and was buried in
Old Burying Ground in Southold village, where a stone marks
her grave thus inscribed, viz. : "Here Lyeth the Body of Mrs.
Mary Lynde, wife of Nath11 Lynde, Esqr. who was her 3rd
husband, and her first was Mr. Peter Bradley, her 2nd was Lt.
Coll. Thomas Youngs; she died the 4th of July 1724, aged 67
years;" m. (1) May 9, 1678, at New London, Conn., to Peter2
Bradley (son of Peter1 and Elizabeth (Brewster) Bradley,
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of New London, Conn.), b. Sept. 7, 1658, at New London,
Conn. ; he was a mariner and plied his sloop along the Sound ;
he d. Aug. 1, 1687, aged 28 years, at New London, Conn., and
was buried there in Old Burying Ground, gravestone, thus
inscribed: "Here lyeth the body of Mr. Peter Bradley, who
died August — , 1687, aged 28 years."
Child : 1 (Bradley) son, born at New London, Conn., viz.:
-f-11 i. Christopher,3 b. July II, 1679; died , 1703-4;
m. Mehitable Horton, as her first husband.
Mary2 (Christophers) Bradley, widow of Peter2 Bradley, m.
(2) , 1693, at New London, Conn., Lt. Col. Thomas Youngs,
as his 2nd wife (his first wife was Mary ? b. March 5, 1668;
d. Dec. 17, 1687, at Southold, N. Y., aged 19 years, 9 mo., 12 days,
and was buried there in Old Burying Ground, gravestone ; and by
this, his first wife, he left no children), b. , 1654-5, about (see
age at and date of death), at Southold, N. Y. ; he was a Lieutenant
Colonel in the Suffolk County Militia ; in early life he was a mariner,
and was the principal legatee of his father. His will was dated
Sept. 11, 1713 and proved April I, 1714; and in it he leaves land
to his wife for her use during her life, and other land as long as
she remains a widow; executors: wife Mary, Daniel Tuthill and
Benjamin Youngs. Lieut. Col. Thomas Youngs d. Jan. 26, or 27,
1714, at Southold, N. Y., in his 59th year and was buried in Old
Burying Ground, Southold Village, gravestone. He was a son of
Col. John and Mary (Gardner) Youngs of Southold, N. Y.
Children: (Youngs) None.
Mary2 (Christophers-Bradley) Youngs, widow of Lieut. Col.
Thomas Youngs, m. (3) (subsequent to Jan. 26 (27), 1714,
date of death of her 2nd husband Col. Thomas Youngs), at ,
to Nathaniel Lynde, as his second wife (whose first wife was Su-
sannah Willoughby, who d. Feb. 22, 1709-10, and who m. (3)
after May 25, 1725 (date of death of David Buckingham) to Sarah
(Lee) Buckingham, widow of David Buckingham and daughter of
Thomas Lee), b. Nov. 22, 1659, at Boston, Mass.; d. Oct. 5, 1729,
at Saybrook, Conn. He was a son of Simon Lynde by his wife
Hannah Newdigate (Newgate).
Children: (Lynde) None.
Nathaniel Lynde had 9 children by his first wife Susannah Will-
oughby, and none by his second and third wives. He was a Judge
in Saybrook, Conn., and was Treasurer of the then infant Yale
College and gave land to the College.
From Southold Tozvn Records, Vol. II, pp. 207-8, we obtain the
the following:
"I, Christopher Bradley of New London, Conn., son and heire
of Peter Bradley, deceased, doe acknowledge to have received of
and from Mr. Thomas Youngs of Southold, my father-in-law and
Marv, his wife, my mother, who was administratrix to ye estate
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of my late father Peter Bradley, deceased, ye full and whole sum of
what was willed to me by my grandfather Mr. Christopher Christo-
phers, late of New London, deceased; and also ye full and whole
sum of my legacy due to me out of ye estate of my late father Mr.
Peter Bradley, deceased, as it was settled upon me by the County
Court in New London. I Christopher Bradley doe acknowledge
myself to have received ye aforesaid sums and legacies, being seven
hundred and forty pounds, and doe by these presents acquit and
discharge the said Thomas Youngs and Mary his wife from all
debts, dues, gifts or legacies they were in any way obliged to pay me.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 24th
day of August 1700.
(sgd) Christopher Bradley (Seal)"
Witnesses : John Christophers, William Youngs.
Acknowledged Aug. 29, 1700, before me Darnel Tuthill, Assistant.
Entered Sept. ye 7, 1700, per Benjamin Youngs.
Authorities :
Caulkin's History of New London, pp. 266, 278, 316-17.
Moore's Index of Southold, N. Y ., pp. 7, 48-9, 58, 135-6.
Connecticut Colonial Records, Vol. 1678-1689, p. 240 and note.
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England, Vol. I, p. 234; II,
p. 136.
Southold Town Records, Vol. II, pp. 207-8, and appendix p. 524.
Salisbury Families, Vols. I and II, generally throughout
Long Island Epitaphs, by E. D. Harris, pp. 21-2.
N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, Vol. IV, p. 139; XXX, pp. 67-8.
Boston Record Commissioners Reports, B. M. D., 1630-1699, p. 69.
4. Hon. Captain Richard2 Christophers (Hon. Christopher1),
b. July 13, 1662, at Cherston Ferrers, on Torbay, near Dart-
mouth, Devonshire, Eng. ; came over to this country with his
father and settled in New London, Conn. ; he was an Assistant
in the Connecticut Col. Government, Judge of New London
County Court, Judge of Probate for the District of New Lon-
don, Judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut and Town
Clerk of New London; d. June 9, 1726, about 10 of the clock
at night, aged 63, at New London, and was buried there in
Old Burying Ground, gravestone; m. (1) Jan. 26, 1681, at
New London, Conn., to Lucretia2 Bradley (daughter of Peter1
and Elizabeth3 (Brewster) Bradley, of New London, Conn.),
b. Aug. 16, 1660 (or 1661), at New London and bapt. there
by Bradstreet, Feb. 12, 1670; d. Jan. 7, 1690-1, aged 30, at New
London, and was buried there in Old Burying Ground, grave-
stone.
Children: 4 (Christophers), sons, all b. in New London, Conn.,
viz.:
4-12 i. Christopher,3 b. Dec. 2, 1682 (or 1683) ; d. Feb. 5,
1728-9; m. Sarah Prout.
-f-13 ii. Richard,3 b. Aug. 18, 1685, about; d. Jan. 16, 1736;
m. Elizabeth Saltonstall.
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14 iii. Peter,3 b. July 18, 1687; bapt. New London, by
Gurdon Saltonstall, Dec. 20, 1691 ; d. Oct. 2, 1709,
at Albany, N. Y., in his 23rd year; no record of his
marriage is found and he is supposed to have died
single ; not mentioned in his father's will.
15 iv. John.3 b. March 15, 1689-90; bapt. New London,
by Gurdon Saltonstall, Dec. 20, 1691 ; d. , 1716-
17, lost at sea; no record of his marriage is found
and he is supposed to have died single ; not men-
tioned in his father's will.
Hon. Richard2 Christophers m. (2) Sept. 3, 1691, at New Lon-
don, Conn., to Grace Turner (his first wife's first cousin), b. June
5, 1663 (or 1667, according to E. C. B. Jones' Brewster Genealogy,
Vol. I, p. 16) ; d. June 1, 1734, "at half an hour past 4 of the clock
in the afternoon," at New London, Conn., and was buried in New
London, Conn, (probably in Old Burying Ground), no gravestone.
Hempstead's Diary says : "six bearers at the funeral who were pre-
sented with scarfs and gloves." She was a daughter of John Turner
of Scituate, Mass., by his wife Mary3 Brewster (Jonathan,2 Elder
William1) of Scituate, Mass.
Children: 11 (Christophers), 4 sons and 7 daughters, all b.
at New London, Conn., viz:
16 v. Joseph,3 b. July 14, 1692; bapt. New London, by
Gurdon Saltonstall, July 17, 1692; d. , lost at
sea, body not recovered, subsequent to Dec. 19,
1716, or Jan. 9, 1716-17 (see New London Town
Records, Book No. 1). No record of his marriage
exists and he is supposed to have died single; not
mentioned in his father's will.
4-17 vi. Mary,3 b. Sept. 18, 1694; d. ; m. (1) John
Gray of Boston; m. (2) Jonathan Prentis of New
London.
18 vii. Jonathan,3 b. Sept. 19, 1696; bapt. Sept. 27, 1696,
at New London, by Gurdon Saltonstall ; d. Oct. 12,
1696, at New London, and was buried there, prob-
ably in Old Burying Ground, no gravestone.
+ 19 viii. Grace,3 b. Oct. 14, 1698; d. Nov. 9, 1745; m. John
Coit.
20 ix. Son,3 "Grace the wife of Richard Christophers, being
six months gone with child, miscarried of a son
about the middle of September 1699."
4-21 x. Lydia,3 b. Aug. 10, 1701 ; d. Jan. 22, 1740-1 ; m.
Daniel Coit.
22 xi. Berrie3 (or Benie), b. Nov. (probably) 12, 1703;
bapt. Nov. 14, 1703; d. March 4, 1704, at New
London and was probably buried there in Old
Burying Ground, no gravestone.
4-23 xii. Ruth,3 b. Sept. 26, 1704; d. Jan. 6, 1775; m. Daniel
Deshon.
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+24 xiii. Joanna,3 b. March 19, 1706; d. , 1785; m. (1)
Benjah Leffingwell ; m. (2) Col. John Dyar.
+25 xiv. Lucretia,3 b. March 3, 1709; d. March 21, 1747-8;
m. John Braddick.
-f-26 xv. Lucy,3 b. Aug. 25, 171 1 ; died ; m. (1) Jona-
than Douglass; m. (2) Guy Palmes.
Hon. Richard2 Christophers was a merchant trading between
New London and Barbadoes and other West Indian ports ; he was
a practical mariner also, making frequent voyages in command
of his own ships in the prosecution of his commercial ventures. He
was associated in business with John2 Picket (John1) of New
London, Conn. The passage from Barbadoes to New London us-
ually took place from 18 to 30 days. Thomas Prentis and Richard2
Christophers were veterans in this trade. One of the vessels of
Captain Richard2 Christophers bore the happy name of his two
daughters, Grace and Ruth. Two brigantines, also styled ships, the
Adventure and the Society of 65 and 68 tons burden respectively,
and both built in Great Britain were owned in 1698 by John Picket
and Richard Christophers. The value of such vessels when new
was about £500. Some of the plate in the Communion Service
of the First Congregational Church of New London bears the
inscription: "Presented by the owners of the Sloop Adventure in
1699."
Richard2 Christophers was appointed Town Clerk of New Lon-
don in 1 701 and served as such until 1706, inclusive. His name was
fourth on the list of patentees, in the patent granted the town of
New London by his Majesty Charles II of England, through the
Governor and his Company at Hartford, Oct. 14, 1704 — his name
being preceded by those of John Winthrop, Waite Winthrop, and
Daniely Wetherell.
In July, 1694, Richard2 Christophers was appointed one of a
committee by the town of New London "to agree with workmen
for building the new meeting-house, and managing the whole con-
cern about it." In 1726 he was appointed first (senior) townsman
of New London ; and at his death in that same year, he left a large
estate to his wife, his two sons and seven daughters who survived
him. Hempstead in his diary (a very ancient manuscript, now in
the possession of the New London County Historical Society, all
parts of which have been recovered and the complete manuscript
published in full by the Society) says that on the occasion of Mr.
Richard2 Christophers' funeral (Saturday, June II, 1726), "The
Great Ship fired 26 great guns at one half minute distance, there
were six bearers." A description of the "Great Ship" will be found
in Caulkin's History of New London, p. 242.
The Superior Court was held for the first time in New London
in 1711. No Court House having then been erected, the session
was held in the meeting-house. Before this year the Superior Court
had only sat at New Haven and at Hartford. In 171 1, it was made
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a Circuit Court, each County having two sessions annually. Richard
Christophers was one of the Assistant Judges of this Court.
In addition to his private business and town offices, Richard2
Christophers was a man much employed in the affairs of New Lon-
don County and in those of the Colony of Connecticut; he was in
fact one of the most prominent and important men of his time in
the Colony, as will be seen from the following summary of his
Colonial activities, as taken from the published Records of the
Colony, viz. :
Assistant to the Governor 1699 and 1703 to 1722, inclusive. In
1723 owing to failing health he withdrew from public life. Com-
missioner for the County of New London to the General Assembly
1690-1697, inclusive. Commissary (military office) of the County
of New London, 1690 and 1693. Justice of the Peace, 1701-1702.
Deputy to the General Assembly to represent New London, 1691,
1693. Judge of the County Court of New London, 1709-1716,
inclusive and in 1720, 1721, Judge of Probate for the District of
New London, 1710-1721. Judge of Superior Court of Connecticut
Colony, 1711-1721, inclusive. On Committee to audit accounts of
the Colonial Treaurer, 1703-1721, inclusive. And in addition to
these specific duties he sat as a member of the Court of the Gov-
ernor and Council at frequent sessions during the various years of
his public life and served as a member of all of the most important
committees appointed by the Colonial legislation of Connecticut.
His will is to be found recorded in the 5th Book of Wills at
New London, folio 155-157. Will was dated July 13, 1720, with
codicil dated Feb. 7, 1721-22, and was proved Aug. 8, 1726. In it
he mentions his wife Grace, sons Christopher and Richard, and
daughters Mary Gray (widow of John Gray, deceased), Grace,
Lydia. Ruth, Joanna, Lucretia and Lucy. In the codicil dated Feb.
7, 1721-2 he makes modified provision for his daughter Lydia "who
married last May" (/. c, May 9, 1721). Wife Grace was made sole
Executrix.
Authorities:
Caulkins History of New London, pp. 199, 238, 240, 239, 277-8, 317-
Connecticut Colonial Records, published by J. H. Trumbull.
Hempstead's Diary.
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of N. E., Vol. I, pp. 234, 383.
Family manuscript in hands of the author of these notes.
New London, Conn., First Church Records, list of baptisms.
5-6. The two children2 (Hon. Christopher1), b. between April 3,
1662, and the year 1673, to the "widow Bradley," the father
being Christopher1 Christophers.
By reference to Caulkin's History of New London, p. 251, it
appears from the Records of the County Court of New London
for the year 1673 that the "Widow Bradley" [Elizabeth (Brewster)
Bradley, widow of Peter1 Bradley of New London] had two chil-
dren by Christopher1 Christophers, born out of wedlock, the last one
born in 1673 and the first one born previous to that date. We find
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no further mention of these children in the New London records
and it would therefore seem probable that they both died young.
Moreover, the sex of these two children is not mentioned. The
hypothesis of their death in childhood is not however established by
any direct evidence. If they lived it is to be presumed that these
children were known by definite surnames ; and, in as much as they
were born of the "Widow Bradley," it is probable that they bore
the surname Bradley. Peter1 Bradley d. April 3, 1662, and it was
between that date and the year 1673 that these two children were
born. Peter2 Bradley, the only son of Peter1 Bradley d. Aug. 1,
1687, leaving only one child Christopher3 Bradley, b. July 11, 1679.
These two illegitimate children of the "Widow Bradley" were then
of about the same age as Christopher3 Bradley (the grandson of
Peter1 Bradley). By reference to record No. 16 of the Descend-
ants of Jeffery1 Christophers, it will be seen that a William Bradley
(whose parentage has not as yet been determined) m. previous
to May 19, 1702, to Mary3 (Corey) ? (as her second husband).
Assuming this William Bradley was at least 21 years old (and
probably older) at marriage, he must have been born prior to May
19, 1681 (and probably some years prior to that year). Who was
this William Bradley whose parentage and origin we know nothing
of?
Could he have been one of these two children born to the
"Widow Bradley" whose father was Christopher1 Christophers?
THIRD GENERATION.
8. Elizabeth3 Christophers (Lieut. John,2 Hon. Christopher1),
b. Feb. 15, 1698; bap. Dec. 22, 1700 (same day as her father
was baptized), at New London; d. May 12, 1730, "aged 30," at
Montville, Conn., probably, and was probably buried there; m.
Sept. 8, 1719; intention published Aug. 31, 1719, at New Lon-
don, to Joshua Raymond, as his first wife, b. Jan. 20, 1697-8,
at Block Island, R. I. (birth recorded at Shoreham, Block
Island, R. I.) ; he lived successively at Block Island, R. I., and
New London, North Precinct (i. e., Montville), Conn.; he was
a representative to the General Assembly, a Justice of the
Peace, 1738-1743. Lieutenant in the 3rd Company in New
London, and Deacon in the First Church at Montville; he d.
Nov. 12, 1763, at Montville, Conn., "the 66th year of his age,"
and was buried in the Old Burying Ground on Raymond Hill,
Montville, Conn. He was a son of Joshua Raymond (b. Sept.
18, 1660; d. , 1704; m. April 29, 1683) and his wife Mercy
Sands (b. , 1663; d. Lyme, Conn., May 3, 1741, aged 78
years, daughter of James Sands of Block Island) who resided
at Block Island and New London, Conn., and who both are
buried at Raymond Hill Burying Ground, Montville, Conn.
Children: 6 (Raymond), 4 sons and 2 daughters, first 3 b. in
New London, and the rest b. at Montville, Conn., viz.:
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+27 i. Elizabeth,* b. April 24, 1720; bap. May 8, 1720; d.
; m. Oliver Hazard.
+28 ii. Mercy,4 b. Dec. 24, 1721 ; bap. Dec. 31, 1721 ; d. ;
m. Thomas Williams.
+29 iii. Joshua,* b. Dec. 22, 1723 ; bap. Dec. 29, 1723 ; d. Sept.
14, 1789 (or 90) ; m. Lucy Jevvett.
+30 iv. John,4 b. Jan. 18, 1725-6; bap. Jan. 30, 1725-6; d.
May 7, 1789; m. Elizabeth Griswold.
+31 v. Edward,4 b. Feb. 15, 1727; d. Sept. 14, 1788; m.
Sarah Douglass. - —
+32 vi. Christopher,4 b. July 17, 1729; d. May 14, 1793; m.
Eleanor Fitch.
Joshua3 Raymond, Senior, m. (2) May 23 ,1730, to Sarah Lynde,
b. Feb. 2, 1702; d. Oct. 19, 1771, at Montville, Conn., and was there
buried in Old Burying Ground, "Raymond Hill." She was a daugh-
ter of Nathaniel Lynde (b. Nov. 5, 1659; d. Oct. 5, 1729; m. ,
1683), and his first wife, Susannah Willoughby (b. Aug. 9, 1664, at
Charlestown, Mass.; d. Feb. 22, 1709-10), of Saybrook, Conn.
Children: None.
Authorities :
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Vol. II, p. 10.
History First Church, New London, pp. 463, 481, 483, 485, 487.
Raymond Genealogy, by Samuel Raymond, pp. 6, 9, 16-17.
History of Montville, Conn., pp. 575-8.
Salisbury Family History and Genealogy, Vol. I, p. 407, et seq.
10. Esther3 Chirstophers (Lieut. John,2 Hon. Christopher1), b.
; bap. June 28, 1703, at New London, Conn.; d. Jan. — ,
1782, in her 79th year, at Lyme, Conn.; m. Feb. 14, 1721-2, at
New London, Conn., to Thomas Manwaring, b. , at ;
d. (will dated Nov. 15, 1769; proved Feb. 24, 1783), at
Lyme, Conn, (probably).
Thomas Manwaring was, according to Caulkins' History of
New London, p. 367, probably a nephew of Oliver Manwaring
and perhaps a brother of Peter Manwaring, of New London,
Conn. ; his parentage is not known to me.
Children: 9 (Manwaring), 5 sons and 3 daughters and 1 in-
fant, sex not stated; the order of their birth as given is not
vouched for.
+33 i. Elizabeth,4 b. Apr. 6, 1723; bap. New London, April
14, 1723; d. (before Nov. 10, 1768) ; m. John4
Christophers (Christopher,3 Richard,2 Christopher1)
as his second wife, see No. 47.
—J— 34 ii. Thomas,4 b. ; bap. New London, July 25, 1725;
d. ; m. Lydia Waterhouse.
4-35 '"• Peter,4 b. June 7, 1730; bap. New London, July 5,
1730; d. ; m. ?
4-36 iv. Esther,4 b. ; d. ; m. Nathaniel Plumbe.
-j-37 v. Lucretia,4 b. ; d. ; m. Richard Teague.
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-f-38 vi. Adam,4 b. ; d. .
-j-39 vii. John,4 b. ; d. ; m. Lydia Plumbe.
-j-40 viii. Josiah,4 b. ; d. .
41 ix. Infant,4 sex not stated, b. ; d. May (or June)
— , 1744, buried at New London, Conn.
Thomas3 Manwaring, Senior, made his will Nov. 15, 1769; it was
proved Feb. 24, 1783, and in it he mentions his wife Esther (who
d. in 1782), his sons Thomas, Peter, John and Josiah, and daughters
Esther Plumbe, Lucretia Teague, and Elizabeth Christophers, de-
ceased.
The baptisms of the first three children above are recorded in the
First Church, New London. In 1732, Thomas Manwaring, Senior,
joined the Protestant Episcopal Church at New London, and the
dates of birth and baptism of his other children may be found there
recorded.
Authorities :
Caulkins' History of New London, pp. 317-18, 367.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Vol. II, pp. II, 21, 24.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 117-18, 159, 426.
History First Church, New London, pp. 485, 487, 492.
11. Christopher3 Bradley (Mary2 Christophers, Hon. Chris-
topher1).
Before elaborating the record of Christopher3 Bradley, I will
herewith set forth my reasons for his record as subsequently
recorded :
1. Caulkins' History of New London, p. 278, states that Peter2
Bradley (Peter1) d. in 1687, leaving but one child, a son Christopher3
Bradley, b. July 11, 1679; and that the County Court summarily
settled Peter2 Bradley's estate, giving the widow £300, and the son
Christopher3 Bradley £590. On page 279 of same authority, we see
that in 1730 Jonathan4 Bradley, of Southold, N. Y., son of Chris-
topher3 Bradley, deceased, sold the remnant of the land he held in
New London (by heritance from his father) for £500 to Daniel
Tuthill.
2. Jonathan4 Bradley (Christopher3) of Southold, N. Y.,
made his will July 31, 1739, which was proved Nov. 23, 1739 (Liber
13, p. 442 of Wills, and E. D. Harris' Long Island Epitaphs, p. 40),
and in it he mentions his sons Peter and Grant, and daughters Mary,
Mehitable, Hannah and Martha, and his brother-in-law Lieut. Con-
stant Booth and his brother Daniel Tuthill.
3. The Horton Genealogy, by George F. Horton, p. 12, states
that Jonathan2 Horton (Barnabas1) m. Bethia Wells, and had a
daughter Mehitable3 Horton, who married first to Peter Bradley,
and second to Deacon Daniel Tuthill.
4. The New York Historical Society Wills, Vol. 1708-1728, p.
4, gives the will of Jonathan2 Horton, dated Feb. 21, 1706-7, proved
June 2. 1708 ; and in it the testator mentions "my daughter Mehitable,
wife of Daniel Tuthill."
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5. New York Gen. & Biog. Record, Vol. XXIX, pp. 215-16,
states that Daniel4 Tuthill (John,3 Henry,2 Henry1) of Southold,
N. Y., b. Jan. 23, 1679; d. Dec. 7, 1762; m. , 1705 (or 1706, ac-
cording to Moore's Index of Southold, p. 91) Mehitable3 Horton
(Jonathan.2 Barnabas1), b. Feb. 17, 1679; d. Sept. 7, 1757. And also
states that Mehitable3 Horton was the widow of Peter Bradley when
she married Daniel Tuthill, who was a Deacon in the Southold
Church ; and that Mehitable3 Horton by her second husband, Deacon
Daniel4 Tuthill, had a son Daniel5 Tuthill, b. Jan. 15, 1712.
6. Moore's Index of Southold, N. Y '., p. 7, states that Peter2
Bradley (Peter1 of New London), had a son Christopher, and per-
haps a son Peter (note that Moore says perhaps, while Caulkins, p.
278 states positively that Peter2 Bradley had but one child, a son
Christopher3 Bradley).
The known genealogical tree of Peter1 Bradley, of New London,
and his descendants is as follows :
1 Peter1 Bradley, b. ; d. April 3, 1662; m. Sept. 7, 1683,
Elizabeth3 Brewster (Jonathan,2 Elder William1), b. May 1,
1637; d. , 1708.
Children: 4 (Bradley): Elizabeth,2 Hannah,2 Peter,2 Lu-
cretia2 (note that there is but one son).
2 Peter2 Bradley (only son), b. Sept. 7, 1658; d. Aug. 1, 1687;
m. May 9, 1678, Mary2 Christophers (Christopher1), b. ,
1657; d. July 4, 1724, aged 67.
Child: 1 (Bradley) son, Christopher.3
3 Christopher3 Bradley, b. July 11, 1679; d. ?! m- •
who was born ; d. .
Children: 2 (Bradley) sons: Jonathan4 (see Caulkins' His-
tory of New London, p. 279, and Moore's Index, p. 59) ;
James,4 b. , 1704-5; d. Feb. 6, 1724-5, aged 20 (see
Moore's Index, p. 59) who d. a minor unmarried and hence
left no issue.
4 Jonathan4 Bradley (only son that reached maturity), b. ;
d. (before Nov. 23, 1739, date of probate of his will) ;
m. , 1722, Mary Booth, b. Aug. 27, 1703; d. , 1738.
Children: 6 (Bradlev) : Peter,,6 Grant,5 Mary,5 Mehitable,5
Hannah,5 Martha5 (see N. Y. G. & B. Record, Vol. XXXII.
P- 239)-
The question now is who was the Peter Bradley that the Horton
Genealogy, p. 12, and the Tuthill Genealogy, bv Miss Lucy D.
Akerly (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, Vol. XXIX, pp. 215-16) state
married Mehitable3 Horton as her first husband ?
From the above genealogical tree of the Bradleys, we find no
Peter Bradley who was born early enough to have married Mehit-
able3 Horton as her first husband, and who died early enough for
her to have married in 1705 (or 1706) to Daniel4 Tuthill as her sec-
ond husband. Mehitable3 Horton. herself, was born Feb. 17, 1679,
and her first husband (according to Horton Genealogy, p. 12, and
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N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, Vol. XXIX, p. 215-16), Peter Brad-
ley, must have been born fully as early, if not earlier (i. e., 1679 or
earlier). On consulting the above tree we see that the only male
Bradley born about that time whose marriage is not otherwise ac-
counted for is Christopher3 Bradley (only child and only son of
Peter2 Bradley, who in turn was the only son of Peter1 Bradley).
This Christopher3 Bradley was born July II, 1679, and was of a
proper and suitable age to become the husband of Mehitable3 Horton.
And furthermore, we are unable to find a Peter Bradley who could
have been the first husband of Mehitable3 Horton.
The statement made in the Horton Genealogy, p. 12, and like-
wise in the N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, Vol. XXIX, pp. 215-16, that
a Peter Bradley was the first husband of Mehitable3 Horton is not
supported by any quoted authority, and we do not know upon what
argument said statement was made. On the other hand, Moore's
Index of Southold, p. 91, states that Mehitable3 Horton (Jonathan2)
married Daniel4 Tuthill, and does not state that, at the time of her
marriage to Daniel4 Tuthill, she was the widow of a Peter Bradley
(nor in fact does Moore state that she was a widow of any one else).
It therefore appears that the statement that Mehitable3 Horton's
first husband was a Peter Bradley is not based upon a foundation
of positive recorded evidence to that effect, but that there seems to
have been an established belief that she was a widow of some Brad-
ley at the time of her second marriage in 1705 (or 1706) to Daniel4
Tuthill. So much therefore in refutation of the statement that
Mehitable3 Horton's first husband was Peter Bradley.
Jonathan4 Bradley (Christopher3) in his will, calls Daniel Tut-
hill his brother. How could Daniel Tuthill have been the brother
of Jonathan4 Bradley? Daniel4 Tuthill was born Jan. 23, 1679, and
died Dec. 7, 1762, and married in 1705 (or 1706) to Mehitable3 Hor-
ton, who was at the time of her marriage to Daniel4 Tuthill, the
widow of a Mr. Bradley (by some said to have been a Peter Brad-
ley, with which statement we disagree, as there was no contem-
poraneous Peter Bradley of whom she could have been the widow)
and by his marriage to Mehitable (Horton) Bradley, Daniel4 Tuthill
had a son Daniel5 Tuthill, born Jan. 15, 1712. From the above gene-
alogical Bradley tree, the only way to account for Jonathan4 Bradley
calling Daniel Tuthill brother is under the hypothesis that Jonathan4
Bradley was the son of Christopher3 Bradley by Mehitable3 Horton,
and she by her second marriage to Daniel4 Tuthill had a son Daniel5
Tuthill who would be a half-brother of Jonathan4 Bradley, and
which fully accounts for calling him brother in the will. Jonathan4
Bradley also calls Constant Booth brother-in-law, which is correct,
as Jonathan4 Bradley married Mary Booth, sister of Constant Booth.
In my study of the records of Southold, I have been unable to
find any direct evidence of the date of death of Christopher3 Brad-
ley ; nor is there any direct evidence of the maiden surname or bap-
tismal name of his wife. We know, however, from Caulkins, p.
279, and from Moore's Index, p. 59, that he did marry and had the
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two above mentioned children, Jonathan4 and James4 ; and from the
fact that Jonathan4 Bradley calls Daniel5 Tuthill his brother (mean-
ing his half-brother), it is clear and proven beyond question that the
first husband of Mehitable3 Horton was Christopher3 Bradley (son
of Peter2 Bradley, of New London), and that Mehitable3 Horton's
first husband was not Pcicr Bradley, as stated in Horton Genealogy,
p. 12. and the N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, Vol. XXIX, pp. 215-6.
Christopher3 Bradley married probably about or after July 11,
1700, as at that time he would be of age, and August 24, 1700, he
received his estate from the hands of his step-father, Thomas
Youngs (see copy of receipt by him to Thomas Youngs under record
No. 3 of the descendants of Christopher1 Christophers).
Based upon the argument as above set forth, the following is the
record of Christopher3 Bradlly, viz. :
11. Christopher3 Bradley (Mary2 Christophers, Hon. Chris-
topher1), b. July 11, 1679, at New London, Conn.; he lived at
New London until after his father's death in 1687, and removed
to Southold, N. Y., with his mother, when she became the wife
of Thomas Youngs; d. (subsequent to 1703-4, for the rea-
son that his son James4 Bradley d. Feb. 6, 1724-5, aged 20, and
hence was b. about 1704-5, and he, Christopher, must have been
alive fully 9 months previous to 1704-5 to have begotten this son
James4 Bradley; his widow Mehitable (Horton) Bradley m. a
second time to Daniel4 Tuthill early enough to have a child b.
Sept. 9, 1706 ; and 9 months earlier than Sept. 9, 1706, is Dec. 9,
1705; all of which places the date of his death about 1703-4 or
perhaps 1705) ; he d. at Southold, N. Y., probably, although we
have no record of his death and no stone marks his grave. He
married (probably soon after Aug. 24, 1700, when he was
a little over 21 years old and when he received his estate from
his step-father, Thomas Youngs), at Southold, N. Y. (prob-
ably) to Mehitable Horton (as her first husband), b. Feb. 17,
1679, at Southold, N. Y. ; d. Sept. 7, 1757, at Southold, N. Y.
She was a daughter of Jonathan Horton (b. Feb. 23, 1648; d.
Feb. 23, 1707; m. , 1672, about) and his wife Bethia Wells
b. ; d. April 14, 1733; daughter of William Wells, one of
the first settlers of Southold, N. Y.), of Southold, N. Y.
Children: 2 (Bradley) sons, both born at Southold, N. Y.
-f-42 i. Jonathan,4 b. , after 1700; d. , after July
31, 1739 (date of will) and before Nov. 23, 1739
(date of probate of will) ; m. Mary Booth.
43 ii. James,4 b. , 1704-5; d. Feb. 6, 1724-5, aged 20,
at Southold, N. Y. ; not married.
The following is the record of Christopher3 Bradley as taken
from Moore's Index of Southold, p. 59, viz.:
"Bradley, Christopher (son of Peter2 and grandson of Peter1 of
New London), b. , 1679; probably had children, brothers or
6o
relatives (after 1698), viz.: Jonathan, who married Mary Booth in
1622; she died in 1738, and he died in 1739, leaving a will (his son
William died in 1728, aged 2 years. James, b. , 1704-5 ; d. Feb.
6, 1724-5, aged 20."
"1697. Christopher Bradley, witness to deed of Petty to T.
Youngs, Nov. 3, 1697 (see Town Records Southold, Vol. II, p.
206)."
"1698. Christopher Bradley, living with or near Thomas Youngs
of Southold, his step-father."
"1700. Christopher Bradley, acknowledges payment of his leg-
acies (from his father) by Thomas Youngs (Town Records South-
old, Vol. II, pp. 207-8, 524)."
Mehitable (Horton) Bradley, widow of Christopher3 Bradley, m.
(2) , 1705 (or 6) (her first child by this marriage was b. Sept.
9, 1706) at Southold. N. Y., probably, to Daniel4 Tuthill, b. Jan. 23,
1679, at Southold, N. Y. ; he was a deacon in the church there ; d.
Dec. 7, 1762. at Southold, N. Y. He was a son of John Tuthill (b.
July 16, 1635; d. Oct. 12, 1717; m. Feb. 17, 1657) and his first wife,
Deliverance King (baptized Salem, Mass., 1641-31-8; d. Jan. 25,
1688-9), of Southold, N. Y.
Children: 8 (Tuthill), 4 sons and 4 daughters, all b. at South-
old, N. Y. Not in Christopher's line, viz.:
1 Mehitable, b. Sept. 9, 1706; d. ; m. Thomas Terry, March
18, 1723.
2 Nathaniel, b. July 1, 1708; d. March 1, 1732; m. Hannah
King.
3 Abigail, b. April 9, 1710; d. ; m. Henry Haven.
4 Daniel, b. Jan. 15, 1712; d. Nov. 18, 1768; m. Mehitable
Budd, Oct. 30, 1733.
5 Noah, b. March 13, 1714; d. (will proved May 31,
1766) ; m. Hannah Tuthill, Nov. 2, 1738.
6 Patience, b. March 11, 1716; d. ; m. John Havens, Oct.
24- 1733-
7 Lydia, b. May 6, 1718; d. Aug. 25, 1780; m. Jonathan Terry,
Sept. 19, 1737.
8 Mary, b. June 30, 1721 ; d. ; m. Nathan Tuthill.
Daniel Tuthill, the second husband of Mehitable (Horton) Brad-
ley, was the Daniel Tuthill. to whom Jonathan4 Bradley, in 1730, sold
his land in New London for £500.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 163, states: Under date of Dec. 9, 1725:
"In the morn I dd Jonat Bradly 1 pr. gr. stones for his grandmother
& I pr at the burying ground for his grand father." [dd probably
means delivered.] The two stones "for his grandfather" were those
for Peter2 Bradley, who lies interred in the Old Burying Ground,
New London. Those for "his grandmother" were for Mary2
(Christophers) Bradley- Youngs-Lynde which are located in the
Burying Ground in Southold Village.
HON. CAPT. CHRISTOPHER CHRISTOPHERS
1682-1729
6i
Authorities :
N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, Vol. XXIX, pp. 125-6, 215-16.
Horton Genealogy, by George F. Horton, p. 12.
Moore's Index of Soutliold, N. V '., pp. 59, 122-3.
Town Records of Southold, N. Y., Vol. II, pp. 206-8, 524.
Caulkins' History of New London, pp. 278-9.
Long Island Epitaph, by E. D. Harris, pp. 8, 38, 40.
Salmon Record, p. 15.
12. Hon. Capt. Christopher3 Christophers* (Hon. Richard,2
Hon. Christopher1), b. Dec. 2, 1682; bapt. Dec. 20, 1691, at New
London, Conn., by Rev. Gurdon Saltonstall ; he lived at New
London, Conn., with his home on the corner of what is now
Main and Federal Streets. He graduated at Yale College in
1702, and was a member of the Governor's Council.; Naval Of-
ficer of the Port of New London; Captain of the New London
Train Band ; Deputy to the General Assembly to represent New
London ; Judge of the County Court of New London ; Judge of
Probate for District of New London, and Moderator of the
"First Ecclesiastical Society of New London;" he d. Feb. 4,
1728-9, aged 46, at New London, Conn., and was buried there
on Feb. 6, 1728-9, in all probability in Old Burying Ground, but
no stone marks his grave. He m. Jan. 22, 1711-12, at New
Haven, Conn., to Sarah Prout, b. Jan. 7, 1684, at New Haven,
Conn.; d. April 18, 1745, "in her 62nd year," at New London,
Conn., and was buried there in Old Burying Ground, gravestone.
She was a daughter of Capt. John Prout, of New Haven, Conn.,
by his wife Mary (Rutherford) Hall, widow of Daniel Hall.
Children: 8 (Christophers), 3 sons and 5 daughters, all bv in
New London, Conn. ()
44 i. Peter,* b. Aug. 28, 1713; d. Aug. 30, 1713, "two days
after birth," at New London, Conn.
4-45 ii. Mary,4 b. Aug. 25, 1714; bapt. Aug. 29, 1714;;)!.-.
April 3, 1736; m. Jabez Hamlin.
+46 iii. Christopher,4 b. Oct. 10, 1717; bap. Oct. 13, 1717; d.
Oct. 25, 1775 ; m. Elizabeth Allen.
-f-47 iv. John,4 b. Feb. 27, 1718-19; bap. March 1, 1718-19;
d. Jan. 15, 1787; m. (1) Jerusha Gardiner; m. (2)
Elizabeth Manwaring; m. (3) Sybel (Capron)
Crocker, widow of Capt. Roswell Crocker.
-4-48 v. Sarah,* b. March 10, 1719-20; bap. March 13, 1719-
20; d. Feb. 12, 1773; m. John Prentis.
-f-49 vi. Lucretia,4 b. June 24, 1721 ; bap. June 25, 1721 ; d.
March 20, 1792; m. Edward Palmes.
*The portraits of Hon. Captain Christopher3 Christophers (1682-1728-9)
and his wife Sarah (Prout) Christophers (1684-1745) which illustrate record
No. 12, were in 1919 in the possession of the Latimer family of Brooklyn,
N. Y. ; this family being direct descendants of this union by the way of
Henry Latimer of New London, who m. Sarah5 Christophers (Christopher,*
Hon. Captain Christopher Christophers3).
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50 vii. Lydia,4 b. June 21, 1723; bap. June 23, 1723; d.
July 2, 1723, and was buried at New London, Wed-
nesday, July 3, 1723.
51 viii. Margaret,4 b. March 7, 1724-5; bap. March 7, 1724-
5 ; d. Aug. 23, 1725, "y2 year old," at New London,
Conn.
Hon. Capt. Christopher3 Christophers besides holding many
other offices, succeeded to all of the offices held by his father, except
the office of Judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut. Miss
Caulkins, in her History of New London, says that he succeeded to
all of his father's offices ; but the Colonial Records show that Jona-
than Law succeeded Hon. Richard2 Christophers as Judge of the
Superior Court.
"Groton, Conn., was made a district town in 1704. A second
ecclesiastical society was formed in the North Parish of New London
in 1722, and Baptist and Episcopal Societies in 1726. It was then no
longer practicable to transact ecclesiastical business by towns, but
by districts of townships, and a society was organized which took
the name of the "First Ecclesiastical Society of New London," as
belonging to the oldest church. This Society met Jan. 23, 1726-7,
and chose the following officers: Christopher3 Christophers, Modera-
tor; Committee: Christopher3 Christophers, Jonathan Prentis and
John Hempstead; Clerk, John Richards.
Christopher3 Christophers made his will Jan. 30, 1728-9, and it
was proved July 9, 1729; his wife Sarah was sole Executrix, men-
tions sons Christopher (eldest) and John, and daughters Mary,
Sara and Lucretia.
Sarah (Prout) Christophers, widow of Christopher3 Chris-
tophers, made her will Jan. 26, 1744-5, and it was proved April 30,
1745; her sons John and Christopher executors; mentions also
daughters Sarah Prentis, Lucretia Palmes, and grandchildren Sarah,
Esther and Christopher Hamlin, children of her daughter Mary4
(Christophers) Hamlin, deceased.
Authorities :
New London Town Records.
New London First Church Records.
Trumbull's Connecticut Colonial Records.
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of N. E., Vol. I, p. 383; III., pp. 490-1.
Caulkins' History of New London, pp. 317, 487, 669.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Vol. II, pp. 14 18-19.
13. Hon. Capt. Richard3 Christophers (Hon. Richard,2 Hon.
Christopher1), b. about Aug. 18, 1685; bap. Dec. 20, 1691, at
New London, by Rev. Gurdon Saltonstall; he lived at New
London and was Sheriff of that town, member of the Governor's
Council, Naval officer of the Port of New London, Deputy to the
General Assembly representing New London, Justice of the
Peace ; and as Naval Officer of the Port he acquired the title of
Captain; he d. Jan. 16 (or 17), 1735-6, "at 4l/2 o'clock in the
morning, Saturday," at New London, Conn., and was buried
SARAH (PROUT) CHRISTOPHERS
1 684- 1 745
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there in the Saltonstall tomb in Old Burying Ground. He m.
Aug. 4 (or 14 according to New London Records, Book No. I,
p. 39), at New London, to Elizabeth Saltonstall, as her first
husband, b. May 11, 1690, at ; d. , at . She was
a daughter of Rev. Gurdon Saltonstall by his first wife Jerusha
Richards, who lived at New London, Conn., subsequent to 1691.
Children: 7 (Christophers), 2 sons and 5 daughters, all b. in
New London, Conn., viz. :
+52 i. Richard,4 b. July 29, 1712; bap. Aug. 3, 1712; d. Sept.
28, 1736; m. Mary Pickett.
+53 ii. Elizabeth,4 b. Sept. 13, 1714; bap. Sept. 19, 1714; d.
Aug. s, 1783; m. (1) John Shackmaple; m. (2)
Thomas Allen.
+54 iii. Mary,4 b. Dec. 17, 1716; bap. Dec. 30, 1716; d. Oct.
9, 1753; m. (r) ? m. (2) Capt. John Braddick
as his second wife; m. (3) Capt. Nathaniel Coit as
his second wife.
+55 iv. Sarah,4 b. Dec. 6, 1719; bap. Dec. 13, 1719; d. ;
on Nov. 30, 1736, she chose Mr. Richards as her
guardian; and was living Aug. 15, 1801 ; m. James
Mumford.
-f-56 v. Joseph,4 b. Nov. 30, 1722; bap. Dec. 2, 1722; d.
- — , 1749-
57 vi. Katherine, 1st,4 b. Jan. 5, 1724-5; bap. Jan. 10, 1724-
5; d. June 18, 1725, at New London, "aged about
V2 year."
-(-58 vii. Katherine, 2nd,4 b. ; bap. Feb. 6, 1725-6; d.
; m. (1) Davis; m. (2) James Murphy;
m. (3) John Pinevert.
Hempstead in his Diary, p. 298, states : "Friday, January 16,
1735-6, Visiting Mr. Christophers who lyes a dying. I tarryed with
him most of the afternoon and again in the evening until midnight,
expecting every hour to be his last. He lived out most of the night
and died about 4J/2 o'clock in the morning." "Tuesday January 20,
1735-6, in after noon at funeral of Mr. Christophers and was one
of the bearer and had gloves and scarf."
Richard3 Christophers made his will Dec. 15, 1735, it was proved
Feb. 16, 1735-6. His wife Elizabeth was sole Executrix; mentions
sons Richard and Joseph ; daughters Elizabeth, Mary and Sarah.
Elizabeth (Saltonstall) Christophers, widow of Richard3 Chris-
tophers, m. (2) Aug. 26, 1736, at New London (intention published
there Aug. 8, 1736) to Isaac Ledyard, b. , 1704, about (Hemp-
stead states that he was 32 years old at marriage), at ; he was
a merchant and lived at New London, Conn. ; d. , at . His
parentage is not known to me.
Children: ? (Ledyard). I know of no children. Not in
Christophers line.
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Authorities :
New London Town Records.
History First Church, New London, pp. 479, 481, 484, 486.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 158, 298, 307-8, 312, 657.
Caulkins' History of New London, pp. 239, 383-4.
Bond's Watertown, p. 924.
Coit Genealogy, p. 39.
Saltonstall Genealogy, pp. 32-3.
17. Mary3 Christophers (Hon. Richard,2 Hon. Christopher1), b.
Sept. 18, 1694; bap. Sept. 23, 1694, at New London, Conn.; d.
, at ; m. (1) Oct. 21, 17 14, by Eliphalet Adams (inten-
tion published Oct. 10, 1714), at New London, to John Gray, b.
Aug. 16, 1692; he lived at Boston, Mass., and New London,
Conn. ; d. Jan. 14, 1720, aged 28 years, at New London, and
was buried there in Old Burying Ground, gravestone. He was
a son of Samuel Gray (b. , 1657, about, in Devonshire,
England; d. , in 48th year, at Boston, Mass.), and his wife
Susannah Langdon (b. , Plymouth, Devonshire, Eng. ; d.
, between 80 and 90 years of age, at Boston, Mass.), of
Boston, Mass.
Children: None.
Mary3 (Christophers) Gray, widow of John Gray, m. (2) Feb.
23, 1 72 1, at New London, Conn., by Eliphalet Adams, to Capt.
Jonathan Prentis, b. Feb. 26, 1695-6; bap. March 1, 1695-6, at New
London ; he lived at New London, Conn., and owned a valuable
farm at Black Point, Lyme, N. Y. ; he was a sea-captain and with
his father owned and navigated a vessel called the John and Hester;
d. July 18, 1755, "on Friday," in his 60th year, and was probably
buried in Old Burying Ground, no gravestone. His estate was in-
ventoried at £19,150, including 86 acres of land at £70 an acre. He
was a son of Jonathan Prentis (b. July 15, 1657; d. July 28, 1727,
aged "in 70th year," and was buried in Old Burying Ground, New
London) and his wife Elizabeth Latimer (b. Nov. 4, 1667; d. Aug.
14, 1759, "in 92nd year," and was buried in Old Burying Ground,
New London), of New London, Conn.
Children: None. Hempstead's Diary, p. 652, states positively
that he never had any children.
In Old Burying Ground Inscriptions, New London, by Edw-
Prentis, p. 21, we find the following inscription:
"Here lyes the body of Mr. John Gray who died January 14,
1720, aged 28 years."
Authorities :
First Book of Town Records of New London.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Vol. II, pp. 9, 11.
History First Church, New London, pp. 458, 460.
Boston Record Commissioners Reports, B. M. D., 1630-1609, p. 201.
Graveyard Inscriptions Old Burying Ground, New London, by Prentis,
p. 21.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 39, 652.
Caulkins' History of New London, pp. 288, 329.
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Prentice Genealogy, p. 276.
Lion Gardiner and his Descendants, p. 112.
Gray Genealogy, by M. D. Raymond, p. 142.
19. Grace3 Christophers (Hon. Richard,2 Hon. Christopher1), b.
Oct. 14, 1698; bap. Nov. 13, i6q8, at New London; d. Nov. 9,
1745, at New London, and was buried there in Old Burying
Ground, gravestone; m. July 2, 1719, at New London, by Eli-
phalet Adams to John Coit. as his first wife, b. May 25, 1696
(according to Coit Genealogy, pp. 21, 29, probably an incorrect
inscription for May 23, 1696) ; bap. May 24, 1696, at New Lon-
don, Conn. ; he was a ship-builder and was Town Clerk of New
London in 1757; d. (subsequent to 1760, when he deeds
his lands at New London to Joseph Chew and is supposed to
have left that town), at . He was a son of John Coit (b.
Dec. 1, 1670; d. Oct. 22, 1744; buried Oct. 24, 1744, in Old
Burying Ground, New London ; m. at Woodstock, Conn., June
25, 1695) and his wife Mehitable Chandler, of Woodstock,
Conn. (b. Aug. 24, 1673, at Roxbury, Mass.; d. Nov. 3, 1758,
at New London), of New London, Conn.
Children: 5 (Coit), 4 sons and 1 daughter, all b. in New
London :
+59 i. John,4 b. April 7, 1720; bap. May 1, 1720; d. March
26, 1744-5; m. Mary (or Nancy) Pierce.
-}-6o ii. Richard,4 b. July 8, 1722; bap. July 15, 1722; d. Oct.
3, 1745; m. Abigail Braddick.
61 iii. Elizabeth,4 b. Dec. 3, 1724; bap. Dec. 6, 1724; d.
April 25, 1725; buried April 26, 1726, at New Lon-
don.
+62 iv. Samuel,4 b. Oct. 14, 1726; bap. Oct. 16, 1726; d.
Nov. — , 1792; m. Elizabeth Richards.
+63 v. Joseph,4 b. Oct. 3, 1728; bap. Oct. 6, 1728; d. Oct.
23, 1756; m. Sarah Mosier.
John Coit m. (2) June 20. 1748, at , to Hannah (Gardner)
Potter (daughter of Henry Gardner, of Kingston. R. I., and widow
of Thomas Potter, of Newport, R. I.), b. , at ; d. — < — , at
Children: 3 (Coit), 1 son and 2 daughters, all b. in New London.
Not in Christophers line.
1 Desire, b. Oct. 15, 1749; bap. Dec. 3, 1749.
2 John, b. Oct. 30, 1752; bap. Sept. 13, Old Style (or Sept. 24,
New Style), 1752; d. , about 1804; m. Mary Mumford.
3 Mehetable, b. June 16, 1755; bap. Oct. 5, 1755.
John Coit, Senior, was received into the church, New London, in
1757. He was Town Clerk of New London, 1757-8. In 1750 he
deeded lands to his sons Samuel and Joseph, and in 1760 deeded
lands to Joseph Chew, and about this latter year he is supposed to
have removed from New London. He renewed his baptismal cove-
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nant with the First Church at New London, and had all of his chil-
dren baptized there, but does not appear to have been a communi-
cant himself.
Authorities :
New London Town Records, Book I.
Coit Family, by Rev. F. W. Chapman, pp. 20-1, 29-30, 48-50.
Chandler Genealogy, by George Chandler, pp. 53-4.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book I, p. 105 ; Book II, p p. 10, 20,
22, 28.
Mehitable {Chandler) Coit, her book (privately printed).
Connecticut Colonial Records, Vol. 1757-1762, pp. 54, 143-4.
Records First Church, New London, pp. 481, 484. 486, 488, 490, 519, 521, 523.
Caulkins' History of New London, pp. 407, 667.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 274.
21. Lytjia3 Christophers (Hon. Richard,2 Hon. Christopher1),
b. Aug. 10, 1701 ; bap. Aug. 17, 1701, at New London; d. Jan.
22, 1740-1, in 40th year of her age, at New. London, and was
buried there in Old Burying Ground, gravestone; m. May 9,
1721, at New London, by Eliphalet Adams (intention published
April 9, 1721) to Daniel Coit (as his first wife), b. Oct. 25,
1698; bap. Oct. 30, 1698, at New London; he lived in New
London and was a Justice of the Peace and Town Clerk there
1736 to his death, except the year 1757, and also Clerk of the
County Court; d. July 19, 1773, at New London, and accord-
ing to Miss Caulkins, was there buried in Old Burying Ground,
under a rough stone without inscription. He was a son of
William Coit (b. Jan. 25, 1675; d. May 7, 1703; m. June 9,
1697) and his wife Sarah Chandler (b. Nov. 9, 1676; d. July
3, 171 1 ), of New London.
Children: 1 (Coit), daughter, b. at New London.
64 i. Sarah,4 b. April 26, 1726; bap. May 1, 1726; d. March
22, 1729-30.
Daniel Coit m. (2) Jan. 21, 1742, at , to Mehetable Hooker,
b. Sept. 30, 1706, at Farmington, Conn.; d. Nov. 17, 1763, at New
London, Conn., and was there buried, no gravestone. She was a
daughter of Samuel Hooker (b. May 29, 1661. at Plymouth, Mass.;
d. , 1730, at Hartford, Conn.; m. June 28, 1687) and his wife
Mehetable Hamlin (b. Nov. 17, 1664, at Middletown, Conn.; d.
, 1749, at Hartford, Conn.), of Farmington, Conn.
Children: 5 (Coit), 2 sons and 3 daughters, all b. in New Lon-
don. Not in Christophers line.
1 William, b. Nov. 26, 1742; bap. Dec. 5, 1742; d. , 1802;
m. Sarah Prentis, see Record No. 181 of this genealogy.
2 Sarah, b. March 30, 1744; bap. June 3, 1744; d. ; m.
Robinson Mumford, see Record No. 199 of this genealogy.
3 Mehetable, b. Feb. 18, 1746; bap. March 2, 1746; d. , in
the south.
4 Esther, b. Feb. 18, 1750; bap. March 24, 1750; d. March 25,
1750.
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5 Daniel, b. Oct. 13, 1751 ; bap. Oct. 20, 1751 ; d. Sept. 1, 1753.
Daniel Coit m. (3) Dec. 16, 1764, at , to Elizabeth (Starr)-
Turner-Jeffrey (widow first of Joseph Turner, of Scituate, Mass.,
and second John Jeffrey, of Groton, Conn.), b. Aug. 19, 1701, at
Groton, Conn.; d. Jan. 24, 1779, at New London, Conn. She was a
daughter of Jonathan Starr (b. Feb. 23, 1673-4; d. Aug. 26, 1747;
m. Jan. 12, 1698-9) and his wife Elizabeth Morgan (b. Sept. 9,
1678; d. ), of New London, Conn., in that part now known as
Groton, Conn.
Children: None.
Authorities :
New London Town Records, Book I.
Coit Family, by Chapman, pp. 26, 36-8.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Vol. II, pp. 7, II.
History First Church, Neiv London, pp. 461, 464, 510, 512, 515, 519, 521.
Connecticut Colonial Records, Vol. 1757-1762, pp. 143*4. 208.
Caulkins' History of New London, p. 667.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 372, 486.
Hooker Genealogy, pp. 18-35, S3-
Chandler Family, p. 23.
23. Ruth3 Christophers (Hon. Richard,2 Hon. Christopher1), b.
Sept. 26, 1704 (or 1705) ; bap. Sept. 30, 1705, at New London;
d. Jan. 6, 1775, "in the 71st year of her age," at New London,
Conn., and was there buried in Old Burying Ground, grave-
stone; m. Oct. 7, 1724, by Eliphalet Adams, at New London, to
Daniel Deshon (name said to originally have been Des
Champs), b. , 1697, at ?; he is said to have been of
French Huguenot extraction, and came to this country with his
parents ; he was in Norwich, Conn., for a while and removed
and settled in New London, where he joined the church Nov.
21, 1725; he was a goldsmith by trade, a tavern keeper and a
selectman in New London; d. Nov. 6, 1781, in the 84th year of
his age and was there buried in Old Burying Ground, grave-
stone. His parentage is unknown, although on the authority
of Miss Emma C. Brewster Jones' Notes in the N. Y. Gen. and
Biog. Society's Library, his father's name is said to have been
Daniel Des Champs, a French Huguenot refugee from the old
country.
Children: 8 (Deshon), 7 sons and 1 daughter, all b. in New
London, Conn., viz. :
+65 i. Daniel,4 b. Nov. 10, 1725; bap. Nov. 21, 1725; d.
+66 ii. John.4 b. Dec. 25, 1727; bap. Dec. 31, 1727; d. June
29, 1794; m. Sarah Starr.
4-67 iii. Joseph, 1st,4 b. Dec. 27, 1728; bap. ; d. ,
young.
-f68 iv. Henry,4 b. Dec. 28, 1729; bap. Jan. 24, 1729-30; d.
April' 26, 1818; m. Bathsheba Rogers.
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-\-6g v. Joseph, 2nd,4 b. Sept. 27, 1731 ; bap. Oct. 10, 1731 ; d.
; m. Mary Lattimer.
+70 vi. Richard,4 b. Oct. 13, 1733; bap. Oct. 21, 1733; d.
; m. Mary (Prentis) Harris.
+71 vii. Grace,4 b. Aug. 13, 1735; bap. Aug. 17, 1735; d.
; m. Joseph Chew.
+72 viii. Moses,4 b. , 1745; bap. June 9, 1745; d. Oct. 8,
I745» aged 5 months and was buried in the Old
Burying Ground, New London, gravestone.
In the Old Burying Ground, New London, there are two stones
erected over the graves of Daniel Deshon and his wife Ruth3 Chris-
tophers, which stones are respectively inscribed as follows: "In
memory of Mr. Daniel Deshon, who died November — , A.D.,
1781, in the 84th year of his age" — and — "In memory of Mrs. Ruth
Deshon, wife of Mr. Daniel Deshon and daughter of Christopher
Christophers, Esq., who died January 6th, A.D., 1775, in the 71st
year of her age." This latter inscription a photograph of which
may be seen in Some Incidents in the Early History of New London,
by the late Hon. Augustus Brandgee, of that town, is for some un-
accountable reason absolutely incorrect in so far as the statement as
to the parentage of Ruth Christophers is. concerned. She was not
the daughter of Hon. Christopher1 Christophers beyond any ques-
tion of doubt; and Hon. Christopher2 Christophers in so far as we
are informed, had no daughter Ruth Christophers, and Christopher3
Christophers (Richard,2 Christopher1) had no daughter Ruth. She
was the daughter as above recorded of Richard2 and Grace (Turner)
Christophers.
I cannot account for this error of inscription, unless it is due to
the fact that the stone was erected some time after her death and
was erroneously inscribed. It was probably intended to be inscribed
granddaughter of Christopher1 Christophers, Esq., which would be
in accordance with the facts of the case, as she was a granddaughter
of Christopher1 Christophers of New London.
Daniel Deshon, the husband of Ruth3 Christophers, was a youth
in the family of Capt. Rene Grignon, at the time of the decease of
the latter at Norwich, Conn., in 1715, and he is mentioned in Capt.
Grignon's will. Capt. Grignon was one of the company of protestant
exiles, or Huguenots, that settled in the town of Oxford, Mass.,
about the year 1686. That settlement having been broken up by the
Indians in 1696; the exiles were dispersed into various parts of New
England. Capt. Grignon came to Norwich, first as a master of a
trading vessel, but he afterwards settled in the town as a goldsmith
and was granted the privileges of a regular inhabitant in 1710. His
will was dated March 20 and proved April 12, 1715; and a clause of
said will reads as follows : "I give to Daniel Deshon my goldsmiths
tools and desire that he may learn the trade of some suitable person
in Boston and have ten pounds when he comes of age." Daniel
Deshon was accordingly placed with John Gray, a goldsmith in Bos-
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ton (first husband of Mary3 Christophers No. 17 of this genealogy)
with whom he removed to New London, where John Gray d. Jan.
14, 1720.
Authorities :
New London Town Records, Book I.
History First Church, New London, pp. 468, 487, 489, 491, 493. 5*4-
Bailey's Early Connectitcut Marriages, Book II, pp. 12, 22-3, 26.
Caulkins' History of New London, p. 506.
Caulkins' History of Norzvich, pp. 288-9.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. -163, 206, 363.
Some Incidents in the History of New London, by Hon. Aug. Brandegee,
p. 6 and plate.
Prentis' New London Epitaphs, p. 18.
E. C. Brewster Jones Notes, Book No. 3, Part A, N. Y. G. & B. Society's
Library.
24. Joanna3 Christophers (Hon. Richard,2 Hon. Christopher1),
b. March 19, 1707; bap. March 23, 1706-7, at New London; d.
, 1784 (or 85), at Norwich, Conn., and was there buried,
gravestone; she m. (1) Aug. 24, 1726, by Eliphalet Adams, at
New London, to Benajah Leffingwell, b. Aug. 9, 1693, at Nor-
wich, Conn.; d. June 8, 1756 (will dated May 2, 1752), at Nor-
wich, Conn., and was buried there, gravestone. He was a son
of Ensign Thomas Leffingwell (b. Saybrook, Conn., Aug. 27,
1649; d. Norwich, Conn., March 5, 1723-4; m. Sept. — , 1672)
and his wife Mary Bushnell (b. Jan. — , 1654; d. Dec. 2, 1745,
aged 91), of Norwich, Conn.
Children: 13 (Leffingwell), 8 sons and 5 daughters, all born
at Norwich, Conn., viz. :
73 i. Richard,4 b. Sept. 27, 1727; d. Nov. 6, 1727.
74 ii. Joanna.4 b' March 21, 1729; d. Jan. 25, 1729-30.
75 iii. Benajah,4 b. Nov. 8, 1730; d. May 8, 1731.
+76 iv. Mary,4 b. Oct. 28, 1731 ; d. , 1805; m. (1) Na-
thaniel Richards; m. (2) Capt. William Billings.
-f-77 v. Christopher,4 b. June 11, 1734; d. Nov. 7, 1810; m.
(1) Elizabeth Harris; m. (2) Elizabeth Coit; m. (3)
Mrs. Ruth Perit (widow of John Perit).
+78 vi. Sarah,4 b. Dec. 29, 1735; d. April 26, 1790; m. Jona-
than Starr.
+79 vii. Benajah, 2nd,4 b. Jan. 11, 1737-8; d. Sept. 26, 1804;
m. Lucy Backus.
+80 viii. Hezekiah,4 b. June 24, 1740; d. Oct. 9, 181 1 ; m. (1)
Lydia Wetherell ; m. (2) Cynthia Williams.
81 ix. Joseph,4 b. June 28, 1742; d. Nov. 17, 1746.
+82 x. Elisha,4 b. Nov. 4, 1743; d. June 4, 1804; m. Alice
Tracy.
83 xi. Richard,4 b. Dec. 29, 1745; d. ; inventory of his
estate presented to Court, July 7, 1768; he was a
7°
mariner trading between New London and the West
Indies ; he is not known to have married.
84 xii. Joanna,4 b. Sept. 21, 1748; d. March 20, 1748-9.
+85 xiii. Lucretia,4 b. Oct. 29, 1749; d. ; m. (1) Capt.
Henry Billings; m. (2) Deacon Thomas Brown.
Joanna3 (Christophers) Leffingwell (widow of Benajah Lef-
fingwell) m. (2) , 1759, at , to Col. John Dyar (as his 2nd
wife), b. April 9, 1692, at Weymouth, Mass.; he lived successively
at Weymouth, Mass. ; Windham and Canterbury, Conn. ; d. Feb. 25,
1779, at . He was a son of Joseph Dyar (b. Nov. 6, 1653; d.
Oct. 12, 1704) and his second wife Hannah Baxter (b. ; d.
Sept. 19, 1726), of Weymouth, Mass.
Children: None.
Col. John Dyar m. (1) Oct. 22, 1713, to Abigail Fitch, by whom
he had 8 (Dyar) children. Not in Christophers line.
The gravestone of Joanna3 Christophers, in Norwich, is thus
inscribed :
"Joanna Dyar, relict of Col. John Dyar, formerly wife of Mr.
Benajah Leffingwell and daughter of Hon. Richard Christophers,
Esq."
The gravestone of Mary (Bushnell) Leffingwell (mother of
Benajah Leffingwell, Senior), in Norwich, Conn., is thus inscribed:
"In memory of an aged nursing mother in God's New English Israel,
viz.: Mrs. Mary Leffingwell, wife of Ensign Thomas Leffingwell,
Gentn who died September ye 2nd, A.D., 1745, aged 91 years."
Authorities :
Caulkins' History of Norwich, Conn., pp. 189-192.
Vital Records of Norwich, Conn., Vol. I, pp. 27, 42, 232.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, VoL II, pp. 13, 24, 26.
Dyer Family, by A. G. Dyar, pp. 4-5, 7.
Coit Genealogy, pp. 51, 104.
History of Montville, Conn., pp. 306-8. ,
New London Town Records, Book I.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 174, 576.
History First Church, New London, p. 470.
Leffingwell Family, by Albert Leffingwell, pp. 31, 46, 58-63.
Old Houses of Norwich, Conn., p. 515.
25. Lucretia3 Christophers (Hon. Richard,2 Hon. Christopher1),
b. March 3, 1708-9; bap. April 10, 1709, at New London;
owned covenant First Church there April 2, 1732; d. March 21,
1747-8, at New London, and was there buried, no gravestone;
m. June 19, 1726, at New London, by Eliphalet Adams to Capt.
John Henry2 Braddick (the Henry in his name is given on the
authority of Miss Lucretia Smith, a genealogist of New Lon-
don, Conn.), b. , 1700. about (see age at and date of death),
at Southold. N. Y., probably; he lived at Southold, N. Y., and
New London, Conn. ; he was a sea captain ; on June 6, 1725,
he gave £25 towards building the first Protestant Episcopal
Church in New London, and served as a vestryman and as
warden of that church; d. Jan. 12, 1753, "m ve 53rc* year °* h's
age,"' at New London, and was there buried in Old Burying
Ground, gravestone; his will was dated Jan. 3, 1753, and was
proved Feb. 1, 1753. He was a son of Capt. John1 Braddick,
"late of London, Eng., and later of Southold, N. Y." (whose
will was dated Sept. 16, 1733, and proved Sept. 6, 1734, and
he was killed by an Indian man on voyage home from "Madara,"
news reached New London and Southold, Feb. 15, 1733-4) and
his wife Mary ? who was b. ; d. Dec. 2, 1739, at New
London, "aged about 60;" she was of Southold, N. Y., but died
in New London.
Children: 7 (Braddick), 6 sons and 1 daughter, all b. in New
London :
86 i. John 1st,4 b. Aug. 1, 1730; d. Aug. 5, 1730.
+87 ii. John 2nd,4 b. May 2, 1732; bap. May 7, 1732; d.
; m. Margaret (Pegee) Douglass.
88 iii. Christopher,4 b. Oct. 16, 1733; d. ; he was living
Jan. 3, 1753, the date of his father's will.
89 iv. Henry 1st,4 b. March 13, 1735-6; d. Sept. 12, 1737,
at New London.
90 v. Lucretia,4 b. , 1737-8; d. Feb. 4, 1743-4. aged 6
or 7, at New London.
91 vi. Son,4 b. ; d. Dec. 4, 1742, at New London.
92 vii. Henry 2nd,4 b. , 1740; d. May 28, 1754, "in ye
14th year of his age," at New London, and was there
buried in Old Burying Ground, gravestone — this
gravestone states that he was a son of John and
Mary Braddick; but as his gravestone states that he
was 14 years old at death, he must have been born
(if the stone is properly recorded) in 1740, and
hence was a son of John and Lucretia (Christophers)
Braddick, in as much as Lucretia3 (Christophers)
Braddick, wife of John Henry2 Braddick did not die
until March 21, 1747-8, and he did not marry Mary4
(Christophers) ? (No. 54) until after that
date. Hempstead's Diary, p. 626, states under date
of May 28, 1754: "In ye forenoon Henry Braddick a
lad about 12 or 13 years old died with the pleurisie."
In Long Island Epitaphs, by Edward D. Harris (p. 39), an
abstract of the will of John1 Braddick may be seen. Will dated Sept.
6, 1733; proved Sept. 6, 1734, and in it he mentions his wife Mary,
his son John, partner Thomas Sandiforth, and his five youngest chil-
dren, Alice (who married Abraham4 Corey, No. 49 of descendants
of Jeffery1 Christophers), Elizabeth, David, Peter and Abigail.
Capt. John Henry2 Braddick, in 1732, was a member of the
Protestant Episcopal Church of New London, then first incorporated,
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which accounts for the fact that only one of his children's (No. 87)
baptism is found recorded in the History of the First Church (Con-
gregational) in New London, which baptism took place May 7, 1732.
Capt. John Henry2 Braddick m. (2) (after March 21, 1747-
8, date of death of his first wife), at , to Mary4 (Christophers)
? (see No. 54 of the descendants of Hon. Christopher1 Chris-
tophers). Hempstead's Diary, p. 657, states under date of Oct. 10,
1755 : "Nathaniel Coit's wife died last night [i. e. Oct. 9, 1755] and
buried in ye eve. She was lately delivered of a child and had the
fever and canker. She was his 2nd wife and he her 3rd husband.
She was a daughter of Richard Christophers, deceased, the 2nd"
[the 2nd here means Richard Christophers, the 2nd] . (Therefore if
Hempstead's statement is correct, Mary4 Christophers, 2nd wife of
Capt. John Henry2 Braddick was a widow at the time of her 2nd
marriage to him), b. Dec. 17, 1 716; bap. Dec. 30, 1716, at New Lon-
don ; d. Oct. 9, 1755, at New London, and was buried there Oct. 10,
1755. She was a daughter of Hon. Capt. Richard3 Christophers, by
his wife Elizabeth Saltonstall, who lived at New London, Conn.
Giildren: (Braddick), none that are known of.
Mary4 (Christophers) ?-Braddick, 2nd wife and widow of
Capt. John Henry2 Braddick, m. a third time, July 13, 1754, at New
London. Conn, (probably), to Capt. Nathaniel Coit as his 2nd wife
(his first wife was Margaret Douglass (daughter of Capt. Richard
Douglass) whom he m. Nov. 6, 1735, and who d. July 17, 1752), b.
May 30, 171 1 ; bap. June 3, 171 1, at New London, he lived at New
London, and was a sea captain, and afterwards kept the "Red Lion"
inn on Main Street there; d. , at . He was a son of Solo-
mon and Mary (Stevens) Coit, of New London, Conn.
Child: 1 (Coit), daughter, b. at New London.
93 i. (See also record No. 198) Katherine,5 b. Oct. 5,
1755; bap. Oct. 5, 1755; d. , young.
Capt. Nathaniel Coit m. a third time Nov. 8, 1759, to Love
Rogers, widow of Samuel Rogers.
Authorities :
New London Town Records, Book I.
History First Church, New London, pp. 471, 473, 493. 523.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 169, 247, 324, 402, 421, 498, 626, 657.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. 13.
Caulkin's History of New London, pp. 440-1.
New London Graveyard Inscriptions, p. 14.
Long Island Epitaphs, by Harris, p. 39.
Coit Genealogy, p. 39.
26. Lucy3 Christophers (Hon. Richard.2 Hon. Christopher1), b.
Aug. 25, 171 1 ; bap. Aug. 26, 1711, at New London; d. , at
; m. (1) Aug. 3, 1731, at New London, by Eliphalet Adams,
to Jonathan Douglass, b. Oct. 30, 1705; bap. Dec. 16, 1705, at
New London ; he was mate of Captain Nathaniel Shaw's
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schooner Norwich, and d. Oct. or Nov. — , 1732, at sea, on
voyage home from Ireland ; news of his death reached New
London on return of the Norwich, Nov. 7, 1732. He was a
son of Capt. Richard Douglass (b. July 19, 1682; d. Feb. 26,
1734; m. Dec. 7, 1704) and his wife Margaret Abell, who
resided at New London, Conn.
Child: 1 (Douglass), daughter, b. at New Loudon.
94 i. Lucy,4 b. Jan. 4, 1732-3 (posthumous) ; bap. Jan. 7,
1732-3 ; d. Oct. 21, 1739, aged 6 years, 9 months and
17 days, and was buried in Old Burying Ground,
New London, gravestone.
Lucy3 (Christophers) Douglass m. (2) March 6, 1736-7, at New
London, to Dr. Guy Palmes, a physician of New London, b. ,
1712; bap. April 5, 1712; he was prominent in Protestant Episcopal
Church, New London ; d. March 27, 1757, aged 44, at New London,
and was buried March 29, 1757, in Old Burying Ground, gravestone.
He was a son of Andrew Palmes (b. ; bap. Oct. 1, 1682, at New
London; d. June 19, 1721 ; H. C, 1703; m. Feb. 6, 1710, at Boston,
Mass.) and his wife Elizabeth Gray (b. Boston, Dec. 21, 1685; d.
; daughter of Samuel and Susanna (Baster) Gray), of New
London, Conn.
Children: 4 (Palmes), all b. in New London.
95 i. Andrew,4 b. April 9, 1738.
96 ii. Daughter,4 b. , 1743-4; d. Oct. — , 1750, aged
about 6 or 7 years.
97 iii. Child,4 b. , 1749; d. Oct. 10, 1750, aged 1 year
and one-half.
-(-98 iv. Elizabeth,4 b. , 1751 ; d. Aug. 29, 1803, aged 52;
m. (1) Joseph Coit; m. (2) William Coit.
Authorities :
New London Town Records, Book I.
History First Church, New London, pp. 469. 474, 494-
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. 15.
Hempstead's 'Diary, pp. 238, 253. 255. 286, 557, 683.
New London Graveyard Inscriptions, by Prentis, p. 19.
Douglass Genealogy, pp. 69, 83.
Caulkins' History of New London, p. 360.
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, chart, between pp. 84-5.
Boston B. M. D., 1630-1699, p. 165.
Boston Marriages, 1700-1751, p. 29.
E. C. Brewster Jones, Brewster Notes (N. Y. G. & B. Society) No. 3,
Part A.
FOURTH GENERATION
27. Elizabeth4 Raymond (Elizabeth3 Christophers, Lieut. John,2
Hon. Christopher1), b. April 24, 1720, at New London, Conn.;
bap. there May 8, 1720; d. , at ; m. Dec. 9, 1736, at
South Kingston. R. I., by Rev. Joseph Torrey, to Oliver Hazard,
b. Sept. 13 (or 30), 1710, at South Kingston, R. I.; he was a
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freeman at South Kingston, R. I., in 1734; d. April 14, 1792, at
. He was a son of Col. George Hazard, of North and
South Kingston, R. I. (b. ; d. , 1743), and his wife
Penelope Arnold (b. Aug. 3, 1669; d. , 1742), dau. of
Caleb and Abigail (Wilbur) Arnold.
Children: 5 (Hazard), 1 son and 4 daughters:
99 i. Elizabeth,5 b. Sept. 13, 1737; d. .
100 ii. Oliver,5 b. March 30, 1739; d. ; m. Patience
(Cook) Greene, widow of Captain Samuel Greene
and dau. of Ebenezer and Patience (Gorton) Cook.
101 hi. Mercy,5 b. Jan. 21, 1740; d. , 1810; m. Judge
Freeman Perry.
102 iv. Sarah,5 b. ; d. .
103 v. Lucretia,5 b. ; d. .
For further information relative to Nos. 99, 100, 101, 102 and
103, see Hazard Family, by Robinson, pp. 26 and 62-3.
Authorities :
Hazard Family, by Robinson (1895), pp. 10-11, 26, 62-3.
History of First Church, New London, p. 481.
Raymond Genealogy, p. 9.
Vital Records of North and South Kingston, R. I., pp. 45, 79-80.
Vital Records of South Kingston, p. 18.
28. Mercy* Raymond (Elizabeth3 Christophers, Lieut. John,2 Hon.
Christopher1), b. Dec. 24, 1721 ; bap. Dec. 31, 172 1, at New Lon-
don, Conn.; d. , at ; m. Oct. 11, 1742, at , to Thomas
Williams, b. Sept. 20, 1721 ; bap. May 6, 1722, at Stonington,
Conn.; d. (killed) Sept. 6, 1781, at Fort Griswold, Groton,
Conn., at the battle of Groton Heights and was buried at Ston-
ington, Conn., in Whitehall Burying Ground, gravestone thus
inscribed : "In memory of Mr. Thomas Williams who was
killed in Fort Griswold, September 6th, A.D. 1781 in ye 60th
year of his age." He was a son of Col. John Williams (b. Oct.
23, 1692; d. Dec. 30, 1761 ; m. Feb. 19, 171 1) and his first wife
Desire Denison (bap. April 16, 1693; d. Aug. 13, 1737), who
resided at Stonington, Conn.
Children: 4 (Williams), 1 son and 3 daughters:
104 i. John,5 b. July 27, 1743.
105 ii. Marcy,5 b. Jan. 24, 1745.
106 iii. Elizabeth,5 b. Jan. 25, 1748.
107 iv. Lucy,5 b. Feb. 5, 1752.
Authorities :
History First Church, Nciv London, p. 483.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 117.
History of Montville, Conn., p. 576.
Raymond Genealogy, p. 9.
History of Stonington, Conn., pp. 668-670.
Denison Genealogy, pp. 176-7.
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29. Hon. Joshua1 Raymond (Elizabeth3 Christophers, Lieut.
John,2 Hon. Christopher1), b. Dec. 22, 1723; bap. Dec. 29, 1723,
at New London, Conn. ; he was a farmer and active in town af-
fairs and was a Deacon, 1763- 1790, in the 2nd Congregational
Church in New London (Montville), Conn.; he was a Repre-
sentative to the Connecticut General Assembly from New Lon-
don, Conn. ; d. Sept. 14, 1789 (or 1790) ; m. Oct. 4, 1750, at ,
to Lucy Jewett, b. , 1731, about, see age at and date of
death; d. Feb. 26, 181 1, "aged 81 years," at . She was a
dau. of Capt. Nathan and Deborah (Lord) Jewett, of Lyme,
Conn.
Children: 11 (Raymond), 6 sons and 5 daughters, all b. at
Montville, Conn.
108 i. Mercy,5 b. Aug. 6, 1751 ; d. June 30, 1833 (or July
— , 1834) ; m. May 26, 1774, to John5 Raymond (her
first cousin, son of John and Elizabeth (Griswold)
Raymond), b. Jan. 7, 1748; d. March 30, 1828, at
Montville, Conn.; 4 children (see No. 119).
109 ii. Joshua,5 b. , 1753, about; d. April 5, 1806; m.
(1) Mary (or Mercy)5 Raymond (his first cousin,
dau. of John and Elizabeth (Griswold) Raymond,
see No. 123), b. Oct. 7, 1735; d. , first year
of her marriage, without issue ; he m. (2)
, Elizabeth Prince (dau. of William and Mary
(Holland) Prince), b. March 12, 1760; d. Jan. 2,
1844: 10 children.
no iii. Nathan,5 b. , 1754, about; d. June (or Jan.) 16,
1777. of smallpox; he was a sergeant in Capt. Jos-
eph Jewett's Company at the battle of Flatbush ; not
married.
in iv. Josiah,5 b. , 1756 (or 1757), about; d. July 21
(or 25), 1795; m. Sept. 2, 1784, Elizabeth Baker
(dau. of Joshua and Abigail (Bliss) Baker), b.
April 21, 1763; d. Feb. 13, 1802, at Norwich, Conn.,
by whom he had 3 children. She m. (2) Deacon
Robert Manwaring.
112 v. Mulford,5 b. , 1760, about; d. June 3, 1835; m.
Eleanor Bradford (dau. of Samuel and Bridget
(Comstock) Bradford), b. , 1762; d. Nov. 15,
1837, aged 75 years: 7 children.
113 vi. Louisa5 (twin), b. , 1760, about; d. April 8,
1849; m. Dec. 23, 1784, to Nathaniel Lynde Ray-
mond (her first cousin, son of John and Elizabeth
(Griswold) Raymond, see No. 124), b. Nov. 18,
1756; d. July 15, 1829: 8 children.
114 vii. Charlotte.5 b. , 1763, about; d. May 23, 1854;
m. Benajah Gardner, of Rhode Island, b. ; d.
June — , 1828. He was a large land owner and
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farmer, and settled at Waterford, Conn., and had
a large family.
115 viii. Lucy,5 b. Nov. 12, 1764; d. Aug. 18, 1831, aged 66;
m. Jan. 31, 1790, Nathaniel Bradford, of Montville,
Conn., b. Oct. 13, 1766; d. Sept. 16, 1832, aged 65.
He was a son of Samuel and Bridget (Comstock)
Bradford, of Montville, Conn. They had 5 chil-
dren.
116 ix. Mar>',5 b. , 1766, about; d. Dec. — , 1821, at
Westfield, Mass.; m. Jan. '24, 1786, to Lemuel5
Raymond (No. 154, son of Christopher* and
Eleanor (Fitch) Raymond) : 4 children.
117 x. Jewett,5 b. , 1768, about; d. Oct. 3, 1774.
118 xi. Oliver,5 b. Jan. 24, 1771 ; d. July 29, 1862, at Lyme,
Conn.; m. (1) Oct. 3, 1793, to Hannah Raymond
(dau. of Edward and Sarah (Douglass) Raymond,
his first cousin, see No. 137) b. June 13, 1774; d.
Aug. 20. 181 1, by whom he had 9 children. He m.
(2) April 2, 1812, to Mary Comstock (dau. of
Nathaniel and Anna (Stark) Comstock), b. Feb. 19,
1787; d. Feb. 14, 1863, by whom he had 8 children.
Authorities :
History of Montville, Conn., pp. 140, 161, 401, 576-7-8-9-80-81-82 and 787.
Early Conn. Marriages by Bailey, Book II, p. 33.
Raymond Genealogy pp. 9, 16, 34-5.
30. John4 Raymond (Elizabeth3 Christophers, Lieut. John,2 Hon.
Christopher1), b. Jan. 18, 1725-6, at Montville (i. e., New Lon-
don, North Parish), Conn.; bap. New London, Jan. 30, 1725-6;
he was a Lieutenant in Col. Whiting's command in the French
and Indian War at Fort Edward in 1756; he lived in Montville
in the old Raymond homestead near head of Haughton's Cove;
d. May 7, 1789, at Montville, Conn., aged 64; m. , 1747, to
Elizabeth Griswold, b. July 16, 1728. at Lyme, Conn.; d. Jan.
16, 1779, aged 50, of smallpox, at Montville, Conn. She was a
dau. of Rev. George Griswold (b. Aug. 13, 1692, at Lyme,
Conn.; d. Oct. 14, 1761, at East Lyme, Conn.; Yale College,
1717) and his first wife Hannah Lynde. dau. of Nathaniel
Lynde of Saybrook. Conn. (b. Sept. 10, 1698; d. Jan. 23, 1734-
5, in 37th year, at Lyme, Conn.), of Lyme, Conn.
Children: 12 (Raymond), 5 sons and 7 daughters, all b. at
Montville, Conn. :
119 i. John,5 b. Jan. 7, 1748; d. March 30, 1828, at Mont-
ville; m. May 26, 1774, to Mercy5 Raymond (his
first cousin, dau. of Joshua4 and Lucy (Jewett)
Raymond, see Nos. 29 and 108), b. Aug. 6, 1751 ;
d. June 30, 1833: 4 children.
120 ii. William,5 b. June 27, 1749; d. , 1778; he was a
Lieutenant in the army and was taken prisoner and
whipped to death at Halifax ; never married.
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121 iii. Elizabeth.5 b. April 7, 1751 ; d. , 1841 ; m.
Joshua West, of Lebanon, Conn. ; no issue.
122 iv. Hannah,0 b. Oct. 28, 1752; d. Nov. 10, 1834; never
married.
123 v. Mary,5 b. Oct. 17, 1754; d. (first year of
her marriage) ; m. Joshua5 Raymond (her first
cousin, as his first wife, son of Joshua and Lucy
(Jewett) Raymond, see Nos. 29 and 109) b. ,
1753 ; d. April 5, 1806; she left no issue; he m. (2)
Elizabeth Prince (dau. of William and Mary (Hol-
land) Prince), b. March 12, 1760; d. Jan. 2, 1844,
by whom he had 10 children.
124 vi. Nathaniel Lynde,5 b. Nov. 18, 1756; d. July 15, 1829
(or July 12, 1838) ; m. Dec. 23, 1784, to Louisa5
Raymond (his first cousin, daughter of Joshua and
Lucy (Jewett) Raymond, see Nos. 29 and 113), b.
, 1760; d. April 8, 1849: 8 children.
125 vii. Anna,5 b. Dec. 13, 1758; d. ; m. (1) Capt.
Stephen Billings; m. (2) George Denison.
126 viii. Eunice,5 b. March 15, 1761 ; d. ; m. Henry
Delamore Bolles.
127 ix. Eleanor,5 b. Nov. 9, 1765; d. Aug. 29, 1819 (or 20),
at Greenfield, Iowa; m. March 21, 1790, to John
Manwaring (son of Christopher and Deborah (Deni-
son) Manwaring), b. March 21, 1765; d. , 181 1,
killed by a fall : 7 children.
128 x. George,5 b. Dec. 8, 1767; d. Jan. 24, 1852; m. Oct.
9, 1796, to Martha Smith (dau. of Deacon Gilbert
Smith, of Groton, Conn.), b. ; d. March 23,
i860, aged 84: 4 children.
129 xi. Sylvanus,5 b. Aug. 8, 1769; d. , 1792, at St.
Thomas, West Indies; not married.
130 xii. Sarah,5 b. March 4, 1772; d. April 20, 1855; m.
June 27, 1797, to Daniel Baker (son of Jared and
Phebe (Harris) Baker), b. Nov. 7, 1770; d. Aug.
23, 1 85 1 : 8 children.
Authorities :
Hyde Genealogy, Vol. I, pp. 52, 191.
Yale College Biographies, by Dexter.
History of Montvillc, Conn., pp. 165-6, 248, 577-8, 582.
Raymond Genealogy, pp. 16-17.
31. Edward4 Raymond (Elizabeth3 Christophers, Lieut. John,2
Hon. Christopher1), b. Feb. 15, 1727, at Montville, Conn.; he
settled at Waterford, Conn. (Pine Neck), and was a farmer; d.
Sept. 14, 1788, at Pine Neck, Conn.; m. Nov. 14, 1758, at New
London. Conn., by Rev. Mather Byles, to Sarah Douglass (dau.
of Robert Douglass (b. Dec. 28, 1705, at New London; d. Oct.
— , 1786; m. Aug. 5, 1731) and his wife Sarah Edgecome (b.
7«
; d. , 1797-8. at Wallingford, Vt., at her son Daniel
Douglass' home, who resided at New London, Conn.), b. July
15, 1738, at New London, Conn.; d. , 181 1, at Pine Neck,
Waterford, Conn.
Children: 9 (Raymond), 5 sons and 4 daughters, all b. at
Waterford, Conn.
131 i. Caleb,5 b. Jan. 21, 1759; bap. Nov. 6, 1759, at New
London ; d. ; he never married ; he was town
clerk of Waterford, Conn., 29 years.
132 ii. Elizabeth,5 b. Nov. 25, 1760; bap. Aug. 6, 1761, at-
New London; d. ; m.*&^- Goodrich. * ■*— ^^"~ ■ -. M
133 iii. Mehitable,5 b. March 18, 1763; d. ; m. Moses '
Warren.
134 iv. Joshua,5 b. Jan. 2, 1766; bap. New London, July — ,
1772; d. Nov. 13, 1789; never married.
135 v. Robert,5 b. ; bap. New London, July — , 1772;
d. Sept. 16, 1774, in his 8th year.
136 vi. Edward,5 b. ; bap. New London, July — , 1772;
d. young.
137 vii. Hannah,5 b. June 13, 1774; d. Aug. 20, 181 1; m.
Oct. 3, 1793, to Oliver5 Raymond (her first cousin,
son of Joshua4 and Lucy (Jewett) Raymond, see
Nos. 29 and 118), b. Jan/24, U71 > d. July 29, 1862,
by whom she had 9 children. He m. (2) April 2,
1812, to Mary Comstock (dau. of Nathaniel and
Ann (Stark) Comstock), b. Feb. 19, 1787; d. Feb.
14, 1863, by whom he had 8 children.
138 viii. Sarah.5 b. March 11, 1777; bap. New London, April
17, 1 78 1 ; d. , at Ledyard, Conn.; m. Shubael
Smith, of Ledyard, Conn.
139 ix. Edward 2nd,5 b. ; bap. New London, April
17, 1781 ; d. , young.
Authorities :
History of Montville. Conn., pp. 576, 578, 581.
Douglass Genealogy, pp. 71-2, 88.
Early Conn. Marriages, by Bailey, Book II, p. 23.
Raymond Genealogy, p. 17.
History First Church, New London, pp. 526, 535, 537.
32. Christopher4 Raymond (Elizabeth3 Christophers, Lieut.
John,2 Hon. Christopher1), b. July 17, 1729, at Montville, Conn.;
he lived at Montville and was a physician; d. May 14, 1793, at
Montville (probably) ; he m. , 1752, about, at Mont-
ville, Conn., to Eleanor Fitch (dau. of Daniel Fitch (b. ,
1709; d. May 12, 1755) and his wife Sarah Sherwood (b. ;
d. , aged 90), of Trading Cove, Montville, Conn.), b. Feb.
4, 1734, at Montville; d. March 17, 1826, at Montville, Conn.
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Children: 6 (Raymond), 3 sons and 3 daughters, all b. at
Montville, Conn.
140 i. Sarah,5 b. Jan. 20, 1753; d. June 9, 1828; m. Dec.
22, 1769, to John Dolbeare (son of John and Mary
(Sherwood) Dolbeare), b. Sept. 29, 1745; d. April
9, 1806; 13 children.
141 ii. Daniel Fitch,5 b. , 1755, about; d. Oct. 7 (or
17), 1828. aged 73; m. (1) Oct. 11, 1779, to Rachel
Hillhouse (.dau. of Judge William and Sarah (Gris-
wold) Hillhouse), b. Aug. 17, 1760; d. Dec. 2, 181 1,
aged 51, by whom he had 10 children. He m. (2)
Dec. 8. 1812, to Charlotte Comstock (dau. of
Nathaniel and Anna (Stark) Comstock), b. June 10,
1783; d. Aug. 17, 1849, aged 66 years, 2 months: 3
children.
142 iii. Christopher,5 b. , 1760, about; d. April 20,
1840; m. Nancv Mason (dau. of Jeremiah and
Elizabeth (Fitch) Mason), b. -j d. April 28,
1848, aged 85 years, by whom he had 3 children.
143 iv. Lemuel,5 b. ; d. ; m. Jan. 24, 1786, to
Mary5 Raymond (dau. of Joshua and Lucy (jewett)
Raymond, see Nos. 29 and 116), b. , 1766,
about; d. Dec. — , 1821 : 4 children.
144 v. Eleanor,5 b. ; d. ; m. Levi Smith, of Hart-
ford, Conn.
145 vi. Abigail North,5 b. Nov. 10, 1770; d. ; m. Nov.
1, 1787, Perez Comstock (son of Nathaniel and
Sarah (Bradford) Comstock), b. May 8, 1764; d.
; by whom she had 1 1 children.
Authorities :
History of Montville, Conn., pp. 145, 334, 385. 556, 576, 578-9, 584, 586-7.
33. Elizabeth4 Manwaring (Esther3 Christophers, Lieut. John,2
Hon. Christopher1), b. ; bap. April 14, 1723, at New Lon-
don, Conn.; d. (before Nov. 10, 1768, as her husband
married a 3rd time on that date, at ; m. (before 1764,
as her child was b. Nov. 27, 1764), at , to John4 Christophers,
No. 47, as his 2nd wife; his 1st wife was Jerusha Gardiner,
who d. Feb. 18, 1754 (son of Hon. Captain Christopher3
Christophers, No. 12, by his wife Sarah Prout, who lived at
New London, Conn.), b. Feb. 27, 1718-19, at New London,
Conn.; d. Jan. 15, 1787.
Children: 2 (Christophers), 1 son and 1 daughter:
146 i. Samuel,5 b. ; d. Feb. — , 1785, at sea; not
married. (See also No. 176.)
-(-147 ii. Elizabeth,5 b. Nov. 27, 1764; d. June 18, 1851 ; m.
Ebenezer Holt, Jr. (See also No. 177.)
8o
John4 Christophers m. a 3rd time, Nov. 10, 1768, at Norwich,
Conn., to Sybil (Xapron) Crocker, widow of Capt. Roswell Crocker.
Thomas Manwaring, the father of Elizabeth4 Manwaring made
his will Nov. 15, 1769, and in it he left bequests to "the children and
heirs of my late daughter Elizabeth, the late wife of John Chris-
tophers, late of New London, Conn., now of Norwich in said
county."
Authorities :
Caulkins' History of New London, pp. 317-18.
History of First Church, New London, p. 485.
Vital Records of Norwich, Conn., Vol. I, p. 446.
Early Conn. Marriages, Book II, p. 19.
34. Thomas4 Manwaring (Esther3 Christophers, Lieut. John,2
Hon. Christopher1), b. ; bap. July 25, 1725, at New Lon-
don, Conn.; he lived in Lyme (Black Point), Conn., and in-
herited land from his father there; d. , at ; m. April
14, 1748, at New London, Conn., to Lydia YVaterhouse (whose
parentage is not known to me), b. ; she owned covenant,
as a young woman, in New London, Conn., May 3, 1741, and
was b'apt. there in first church on same day ; d. , at .
Children: 5 (Manwaring), 2 sons and 3 daughters:
148 i. Thomas,5 b. , bap. New London, March 1,
1749-
149 ii. Lucy,5 (or Sarah), b. ; bap. New London, Oct.
4 (6. S.), 15 (N. S.), 1752, at New London, Conn.
(see Hempstead's Diary, p. 596, and History First
Church, New London, p. 521).
150 iii. Lydia,5 b. ; bap. New London, Nov. 11, 1759.
151 iv. Isaac,5 b. ; bap. New London, July 24, 1763.
152 v. Elizabeth,5 b. ; bap. New London, June 23,
1765-
Authorities :
Bailey's Early Conn. Marriages, Book II, p. 21.
History First Church, New London, pp. 506, 518-21, 526, 529-30.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 276, 596.
His father's will.
35. Peter4 Manwaring (Esther3 Christophers, I ''eut. John,2 Hon.
Christopher1), b. June 7, 1730, in New London (or Lyme, i. e.,
Black Point), Conn., and was bap. New London, July 5, 1730;
he lived at Lyme, Conn., and inherited land from his father
there; he was the executor of his father's will, dated Nov. 15,
1769. I have no record of his having married nor of his date
and place of burial.
Authorities :
History First Church, New London, p. 492.
His father's will.
36. Esther4 Manwaring (Esther3 Christophers, Lieut. John,2
Hon. Christopher1), b. , at ; d. , at ; m.
Nathaniel Plumb, b. ; bap. New London, Aug. 1, 1731 ; d.
, at . He was a son of John Plumb, of New London.
Children: ? (Plumb.) I have no record of children born to
this couple.
Authorities :
Her father's will.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 238.
37. Lucretia4 Manwaring (Esther3 Christophers, Lieut. John,2
Hon. Christopher1), b. , at ; d. , at ; m. ,
at , to Richard Teague, b. , at ; d. , at .
His parentage is not known to me.
Children: ? (Teague). I have no record of any children of
this couple.
Authorities :
Her father's will.
38. Adam4 Manwaring (Esther3 Christophers, Lieut. John,2 Hon.
Christopher1), b. , at ; d. , at . I have no
further record of him; he is mentioned in his father's will,
dated Nov. 15, 1769, and hence was alive on that date.
Authority :
His father's will.
39. John4 Manwaring (Esther3 Christophers, Lieut. John,2 Hon.
Christopher1), b. , at ; he lived at Lyme, Conn., and
inherited land there under his father's will, dated Nov. 15, 1769;
d. (after Nov. 15, 1769), at ; m. Feb. 4, 1761, at New
London, Conn., to Lydia Plumbe (whose parentage is not known
to me), b. , at ; d. , at .
Children: ? (Manwaring). I have no record of children by
this marriage.
Authorities :
His father's will.
Bailey's Early Conn. Marriages, Book II, p. 24.
40. Josiah4 Manwaring (Esther3 Christophers, Lieut. John,2 Hon.
Christopher1), b. , at ; d. , at . He inherited
land in Lyme, Conn., under his father's will, dated Nov. 15,
1769. I have no further record of him.
Authority :
His father's will.
42. Jonathan4 Bradley (Christopher,3 Mary2 Christophers, Hon.
Christopher1), b. (after 1700), at ; d. Nov. 18, 1739,
at Southold, N. Y. His will was dated July 31, 1739, and was
proved Nov. 23, 1739; he m. Oct. 4, 1722 (or 1723), at South-
old, N. Y., to Man- Booth, b. Aug. 27 (or 30), 1703, at ;
d. April 23, 1738, at Southold, N. Y., and was probably buried
there, no gravestone as yet located. She was a daughter of
155
iii.
156
iv.
157
v.
158
vi.
159
vii.
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Captain William Booth (b. 1659; d. March 11, 1722, "in
his 63d year") ; m. , 1688; (he was a mariner) and his wife
Hannah King (daughter of Samuel and Frances (Ludlam)
King) who was b. Jan. 26, 1666; d. Dec. 22, 1742, of Sterling
(now Greenport), Long Island, N. Y.
Children: 8 (Bradley), 3 sons and 5 daughters.
153 i. Peter,5 b. ; d. ; m. July — , 1752, Mary
Bayley, b. ; d. July 25, 1793.
154 ii. Grant,6 b. ; d. ; m. Feb. 14, 1753-4, Mary
Conklyn, b. ; d. May 5, 1785, in the 52nd year
of her age, at Southold, and was buried there,
gravestone.
Mary,5 b. ; d. ; m. Dec. 2, 1742, Joseph
Conklyn, b. ; d. .
Mehetable,5 b. ; d. ; m. May 22, 1749,
John Petty.
Hannah,5 b. ; d. ; m. April 7, 1756, Ben-
jamin Racket, b. ; d. June 1, 181 1.
Martha,5 b. ; d. Jan. 13, 1755.
William,8 b. , 1726-7; d. April 22, 1728 (or
1729), aged 2 years.
160 viii. Daughter,5 b. ; d. Jan. 9, 1736-7.
Jonathan4 Bradley's will was dated July 31, 1739, and was proved
Nov. 23, 1739. In it he mentions his sons Peter5 and Grant5 and his
daughters Mary, Mehetable, Hannah and Martha, his brother-in-
law Constant Booth and his brother Daniel Tuthill. Daniel Tuthill
was the executor of his will.
From Long Island Epitaphs, by Edward Doubleday Harris, p.
40, we obtain the following inscription copied from a stone in
Southold (Hashamomock) graveyard, viz.: "In memory of Mrs.
Mary, relict of Mr. Grant Bradley, who died May 5, 1785, in the
52nd year of her age."
In Hempstead's Diary, p. 697, under date of Jan. 14, 1758, we
find a reference to a Peter Bradley (probably No. 153) as being
alive on that date.
The Salmon Record, p. 95, gives the record of a Mary Bradley
who m. a Jems Davis on Dec. 30, 1758. I have not determined who
she was.
The Salmon Record, p. 107, gives the record of a Mary Bradley
who m. a William Wiggins on May 24, 1785. I have not determined
who she was.
Authorities :
N. Y. G. & B. Record, Vol. XXXII, pp. 238-9.
Salmon Record, pp. 18, 24, 26, 40, 64-78, 87, 90, 92, 94-5, 107.
Moore's Southold Index, pp. 58-9.
Harris' Early Long Island Epitaphs, pp. 40, 94, 96.
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45- Mary* Christophers (Hon. Capt. Christopher,3 Hon. Rich-
ard,- Hon. Christopher1), b. Aug. 25, 1714; bap. Aug. 29, 1714,
at New London, Conn. ; d. April 3, 1736, in her 22nd year, at
Middletown, Conn., and was buried there in Riverside Ceme-
tery, gravestone. She m. Nov. 19, 1729, at New London, Conn.,
to Hon. Col. Jabez Hamlin (as his first wife), b. July 28, 1709,
at Middletown, Conn.; he lived at Middletown, Conn. Yale
College Class of 1728. Colonel in the Militia; the leading
civilian in Middletown, and first Mayor there from 1784 till his
death; Judge of Probate, 1752-1789; Judge of Hartford County
Court, 1754, for 30 years; Council of Safety in Revolutionary
War; Deputy, Connecticut General Assembly, 1 731-1 773;
Speaker of the Assembly; Governor's Council, 1758- 1766 and
1773-1785; Deacon in the Congregational Church, 1754 till his
death. He d. at Middletown, April 25, 1791, in his 82nd year,
and was there buried in Riverside Cemetery. He was a son of
Hon. John Hamlin and his wife Mary Collins (who was a daugh-
ter of Nathaniel Collins, Harvard College, Class of 1660, and
first minister of Middletown, Conn.), of Middletown, Conn.
Children: 5 (Hamlin), 2 sons and 3 daughters, all b. in Mid-
dletown, Conn.
+ 161 i. Sarah,6 b. Aug. 3, 1730; d. March 15, 1799; m.
Jan. 16, 1752, to General Comfort Sage, of Middle-
town, Conn.
162 ii. John,6 b. Nov. 14, 1731 ; d. Aug. 28, 1736; not m.
163 iii. Christopher,5 b. April 25, 1733 ; d. Aug. 5, 1768; m.
July 4, 1764, at Glastonbury, Conn., to Abigail Tal-
cott (dau. of Samuel and Hannah (Mosely) Tal-
cott, of Glastonbury, Conn.), b. Aug. 21, 1738; d.
Sept. 24, 1804, by whom he had no issue. She m.
(2) June 14, 1770, at Middletown, Conn., to Capt.
Timothy Starr (as his 2nd wife, whose first wife
was Eunice Parsons, who d. April 1, 1769), b. Dec.
24, 1730, at Middletown; d. Jan. 3, 1802, at Middle-
town, by whom she had 1 (Starr) son, Christopher
Hamlin Starr, who was not in Christophers line.
164 iv. Mary,5 b. Nov. 21, 1734; d. Sept. 17, 1736.
165 v. Esther,6 b. March 22 (or 23), 1736; d. Jan. 13,
1812; m. (1) Oct. 13, 1756, to Capt. Jonathan
Arnold, a mariner, b. ; d. , by whom she
had no issue. She m. (2) March 17, 1776, at Mid-
dletown, Conn., to George Phillips, b. ; d. be-
fore March 24, 1788, when she was called a widow
in her father's will, and by whom she had no issue.
In the Riverside Cemetery, at Middletown, there stands a stone
thus inscribed : "Here lies interred the body of Mary, the virtuous
consort of Jabez Hamlin, Esq., and daughter of Christopher Chris-
tophers, Esq., of New London, who fell asleep April ye 3rd, 1736,
in the 22nd year of her age."
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The family legend runs that Mary4 Christophers sailed from
New London to New Haven, to attend the Yale commencement exer-
cises, and that Jabez Hamlin, then a senior at Yale, saw her ap-
proach the landing on ship board through a telescope, and then and
there selected her, she being dressed in blue, as his partner for the
commencement ball, his desire was accomplished and the friendship
ripened into love and she became his wife until death claimed her
in 1736.
Hon. Col. Jabez Hamlin m. (2) Dec. 6, 1736, at Middletown,
Conn., to Margaret Phillips (dau. of Capt. George Phillips, by his
wife Hope Stowe, of Middletown), b. Aug. 31, 1713; d. Sept. 6,
1748, by whom he had 2 (Hamlin) children, viz. : not in Christophers
line.
1. John, b. Sept. 5, 1737; d. Dec. 15, 1750; not m.
2. George, b. Feb. 16, 1739-40; d. Sept. 16 (or 22), 1760; not
m. ; will dated June 2, 1760.
Hon. Col. Jabez Hamlin m. (3) April 5, 1749, at Middletown,
Conn., to Abigail Chauncey (dau. of Rev. Nathaniel Chauncey,
Yale College, 1702, by his wife Sarah Judson, of Durham, Conn.),
b. Oct. 2 (or 23), 1717, at! Durham, Conn. ; d. Nov. 3, 1768, at Mid-
dletown, Conn., and was there buried, gravestone.
Children: 3 (Hamlin), 1 son and 2 daughters, not in Christophers
line.
3. Jabez, b. Dec. II, 1752; d. Sept. 20, 1776.
4. Margaret, b. June 22, 1755 (or 1756) ; d. ; m. Sept. 11,
1795, Samuel Canfield. —
5. Abigail, b. March 4, 1758; d. Sept. 10, 1759.
Hon. Col. Jabez Hamlin m. (4) April 2, 1771, at , to Mrs.
Susannah (Newton) Whittlesey (dau. of Rev. Roger and Mary
(Hooker) Newton, of Milford, Conn., and widow of Rev. Samuel
Whittlesey, Yale College 1729, of Milford, Conn.), b. July 14, 1716,
at Milford, Conn. ; d. May (or April) 9, 1803, at Middletown, Conn.,
and was there buried, gravestone.
Children : None.
Authorities :
Bailey's Early Conn. Marriages, Book II, p. 14; Book VI, pp. 07, 103, 105,
no; Book VII, p. 102.
Hinman's Early Settlers of Connecticut, p. 217.
Yale Biographies, by Dexter, Vol. 1701-1745, pp. 371-2.
Hamlin Family, by Andrews, pp. 44-61, 84.
Middletown Upper Houses, pp. 220-24, 626-9, 632, 636.
Talcott Genealogy, p. 155.
Starr Genealogy, pp. 177-8, 183-4 and appendix.
46. Christopher4 Christophers (Hon. Capt. Christopher,3 Hon.
Richard,2 Hon. Christopher1), b. Oct. 10, 1717; bap. Oct. 13,
1717, at New London, Conn. ; he lived at New London, Conn. ;
Yale College, 1737; he was a merchant and for sometime Sheriff
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of New London; d. Oct. 25, 1775, "aged 58 years and 4 days,"
at New London, Conn., and was there buried in Old Burying
Ground, gravestone; m. Jan. 7 (or 10), 1743-4, at (New
Haven, Conn., probably), to Elizabeth Allen (dau. of Fitz John
Allen (b. Oct. 12, 1705, at Windsor, Conn.; d. , 1734-5, at
New Haven, Conn.), and his wife Mary Mansfield, dau. of Cap-
tain Moses and Mary (Prout) Mansfield, of New Haven, (b.
, 1707, about; d. , 1741, aged 34), of New Haven,
Conn.); b. Dec. II, 1726, at New Haven, Conn.; d. Jan. 14,
1765, aged 38 years, 1 mo., 3 days, at New London, and was
buried there in Old Burying Ground, gravestone.
Children: 5 (Christophers), 3 sons and 2 daughters, all b. at
New London, Conn.
+ 166 i. Sarah,5 b. April 9, 1745; d. Dec. 13, 1803; m.
Henry Lattimore (or Latimer).
167 ii. Christopher,5 b. Aug. — , 1746; bap. New London,
Oct. 30, 1748; d. Dec. 17, 1766, aged 20 years, 4
months, and was buried in Old Burying Ground,
New London, gravestone; not m.
+ 168 iii. Joseph,5 b. ; bap. New London, Oct. 30, 1748;
d. ; m. Lydia5 Mumford, No. 200.
-[-169 iv. Elizabeth,5 b. ; bap. New London, Jan. 7,
1749-50 ; d. Sept. 30, 1825 ; m. Ichabod Wetmore.
170 v. John Allen,5 b. , 1753; bap. New London,
April 8, 1753; d. May 16, 1780, at New London in
his 27th year, and was buried in Old Burying
Ground, gravestone ; not m.
Christopher4 Christophers sympathized heartily with the revival
measures which stirred the country soon after his graduation from
Yale College; and in April, 1743, he was arrested and fined for
participation in the famous burning of heretical books and vain
apparel instigated by the fanatical James Davenport, of Yale Col-
lege, Qass of 1732. He made his will Oct. 21, 1775, which was
proved Feb. 13, 1776, and in it he mentions his four children, Sarah,
Joseph, Elizabeth and Allan. He also mentions his loving wife
Elizabeth, and makes her his executrix and his son Joseph his
executor. The mention of his wife Elizabeth is unexplainable as
she is recorded as having died Jan. 4, 1765 — over 10 years previous
to date of Christopher* Christophers' will and her gravestone so
records the date of her death. It can only be explained by the
hypothesis that he married a second time to another Elizabeth, but
the town records and family legend give no hint of this second mar-
riage. It is possible also that the date of death of Elizabeth (Allen)
Christophers has been incorrectly copied in Prentis' Graveyard In-
scriptions of the Old Burying Ground, New London, p. 16. If
the record really read died "Jan'y Ye x4th A. D. 1785, aged 58 years,
I month and 3 days" (and it is possible that such was the original
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reading as in time worn lettering an 8 can easily be taken for a 6, and
a 5 for a 3), if such was the original reading she would have been
alive at her husband's death and would have been properly men-
tioned in his will.
Some authorities ascribe to Christopher* Christophers a son
Peter, whom they say died Feb. 19, 1829, aged 31. They are in
error.
Authorities :
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, chart between pp. 84-5.
Prentis' Old Burying Ground Inscriptions, New London, pp. 16-17.
History First Church, New London, pp. 517, 519, 522.
Yale Biographies, by Dexter, Vol. 1701-1745, pp. 379, 435, 573.
Wetmore Memorial, pp. 444-5, 452-4.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 378, 508, 541, 605, 615.
Emma C. Brewster Jones' Notes on Female lines of descent from Elder
Wm. Brewster, sent to her by Mrs. Woodson Allen, of No. 2718 Wester
Street, Berkeley, Cal., on May 19, 1909.
47. John4 Christophers (Hon. Capt. Christopher,3 Hon. Rich-
ard,2 Hon. Christopher1), b. Feb. 17, 1718-19; bap. March 1,
1718-19, at New London, Conn. ; he lived at New London, Black
Point and Norwich, Conn. ; he joined the first church in New
London, June 21, 1741, at the time of the "great awakening,"
and later dissented from that church; he d. Jan. 15, 1787, aged
68, at ; m. (1) March 7, 1741-2, at New London, Conn.,
by Eliphalet Adams ; intention of marriage published there Dec.
6, 1741, to Jerusha Gardiner (dau. of John Gardiner (b. ,
1693; d. Jan. 10, 1724-5, at New London; m. May 6, 1716, at
New London), and his wife Sarah Saltonstall b. April — ,
1694, at New London; bap. there April 2, 1694; d. New Lon-
don, May 4, 1738; buried New London, May 6, 1738, of New
London, Conn.), b. Oct., 1723; bapt. Oct. 6, 1723, at New
London; d. Feb. 18, 1754, of consumption, at New London,
Conn., and was buried there Feb. 21, 1754.
Children: 5 (Christophers), 3 sons and 2 daughters.
171 i. John,5 b. Feb. 14, 1742-3; d. July 1, 1752, at New
London, and was buried there on that date.
172 ii. Richard,5 b. Dec. 18, 1744; bap. New London, Nov.
24, 1745 ; d. May — , 1778, at East Haddam, Conn. ;
not m.
-f-173 iii. Mary,6 b. May 10, 1746; bap. New London, May
11, 1746; d. July 4, 1791 ; m. Capt. Josiah Lee.
-f- 1 74 iv. Peter,5 b. Jan. 6 (or 7), 1747-8; bap. New London,
Jan. 10, 1747-8; d. Feb. 19, 1829; m. (1) Abigail
Miller; m. (2) Rebecca W Saltonstall.
-{-175 v. Lucretia,5 b. Jan. 19, 1749-50; bap. New London,
Jan. 21, 1749-50; m. John Mumford, Jr.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 624, under date of Feb. 20, 1754, states:
"John Christopher's wife died 18th"; and under date of Feb. 22,
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1754. states: "Yesterday [21st] Mrs. Jerusha Christophers was
buried ; died of a consumption aged about 30. She was the young-
est daughter of Mr. John Gardiner, deceased ; her mother was the
3rd daughter of the late Hon. Gov. Saltonstall, by his first wife"
[Jerusha Richards]. Hempstead, under date of July 1, 1752, states:
"A child of John Christophers buried," — this child was probably
No. 171.
John* Christophers m. (2) (before 1764, see date of birth
of her daughter Elizabeth,5 No. 177), at , to Elizabeth Man-
waring, see No. 33 (dau. of Thomas Manwaring, of Lyme, Conn.,
by his wife Esther3 Christophers, see No. 10) b. April 6, 1723 ;
bap. New London, April 14, 1723; d. (after Nov. 27, 1764
date of birth of her last child), at .
Children: 2 (Christophers), 1 son and 1 daughter.
176 vi. Samuel,8 b. ; d. Feb. — , 1785, at sea. I have
found no record of his marriage.
+ 177 vii. Elizabeth,5 b. Nov. 17, 1764; d. June 18, 1851 ; m.
Ebenezer Holt, Jr. (See also No. 147.)
John4 Christophers m. (3) Nov. 10, 1768, at Norwich, Conn., to
Sybel (Capron) Crocker (dau. of Walter and his first wife Hope
( ) Capron, of Groton, Conn., where he, Walter Capron, was a
forgeman ; he d. aged 84, at Groton, where at time of his death he
owned a large farm. She was also widow of Captain Roswell
Crocker, of Norwich, Conn., who was b. May 25, 1722, at Norwich,
whom she m. Oct. 17, 1754, and who d. Aug. 6, 1755, leaving a
posthumous son Roswell Crocker, b. Jan. 10, 1756), b. April 30,
1730, at Groton, Conn, (presumably) ; d. , at .
Children: ? (Christophers) none that are known of.
Authorities :
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 334, 385, 451, 459. 494, 542, 591.
History First Church. New London, pp. 480, 514-15, 517, 519.
N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, Vol. XLII, pp. 210-13.
Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. 19.
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, chart, between pp. 84-5.
Vital Records of Norwich, Conn., Vol. I, pp. 28, 126, 322, 446.
Capron Genealogy, pp. 10, 149.
48. Sarah4 Christophers (Hon. Capt. Christopher,3 Hon. Rich-
ard,2 Hon. Christopher1), b. March 10, 1719-20; bap. March
13, 1719-20, at New London, Conn.; d. Feb. 12, 1773, in the
53rd year of her age, at New London, and was buried there in
Old Burying Ground, gravestone; m. Dec. 28, 1737, at New
London, by Eliphalet Adams, to Captain John Prentis (son of
Jonathan Prentis (b. July 15, 1657; d. July 28, 1727, in 70th
year of his age, and buried in Old Burying Ground, New Lon-
don, gravestone) and his wife Elizabeth Lattimore (b. Nov. 4,
1667; d. Aug. 14, 1759, in 92nd year of her age, and was buried
at New London in Old Burying Ground, gravestone), of New
London, Conn.), b. , 1704-5; bap. New London, Feb. 4,
1704-5; he lived at New London, and was a sea captain; he
served in command of the sloop Defence in the Cape Breton
Expedition at the taking of Louisburg; he d. in London, Eng-
land of smallpox, in June — , 1746, and was probably there
buried.
Children: 7 (Prentis), 2 sons and 5 daughters, all born in
New London.
-(-178 i. Mary,5 b. ; bap. New London, March 26, 1737-
8; d. ; m. (1) Peter Harris; m. (2) Richard*
Deshon, see No. 70.
+ 179 ii. Elizabeth,5 b. ; bap. New London, Oct. 21,
I739> d. , 1791, about; m. Samuel Latimer, Jr.
180 iii. John, ist,B b. ; bap. New London, Nov. 23,
1740; d. , young.
-{-181 iv. Sarah,5 b. ; bap. New London, Dec. 27,
1741 ; d. May 18, 1813 ; m. William Coit.
4-182 v. Ann,5 b. ; bap. New London, April 10, 1743;
d. Oct. 14, 1814; m. Richard Law.
-J-183 vi. Esther,5 b. ; bap. New London, May 6, 1744;
d. ; m. Captain Michael Mellaly, as his 2nd
wife.
4-184 vii. John, 2nd,5 b. ; bap. New London, Dec. 14,
1746; d. Nov. 22, 1780; m. Esther Richards, as her
first husband.
Capt. John Prentis was a famous sea captain. In the expedition
against Louisburg, Cape Breton, in 1744, the Connecticut troops
numbering 500 were ordered to New London to embark, and the
sloop of war Defence commanded by Capt. John Prentis was
equipped and sailed as a convoy with the transports. His commis-
sion as a Captain in the naval forces was dated March 19, 1744.
The fleet sailed from New London, April 13, 1744, consisting of the
colonial sloops Connecticut, Rhode Island, Defence and other
schooners and brigs. The Defence also carried Col. Roger Wolcott,
the commander-in-chief of the land forces and 100 men, and as a
part of the naval fleet had a share in the capture of rich prizes. Two
years later, in 1746, Captain Prentis, in company with Mr. James
Bowdoin, of Boston, went to London, Eng., to urge the claims of
the Provincial seamen to a share of the prize money which was with-
held by Admiral Warren. The Admiralty allowed the claim and
placed the British and Provincial seamen on the same footing. Cap-
tain Prentis, while awaiting the decision of the Court, made an ex-
cursion into Cornwall to visit Lord Edgecombe, of Mt. Edgecombe,
being invited there to partake of the Christmas festivities. Whilst
absent on this tour he took the smallpox, of which disease he died
in London, Eng., Jan. (or June), — , 1746, aged 41 years. His
estate in New London was appraised at £7.650, a large sum for
those days. It was on this cruise that Whitfield blessedthe banner
of the expedition and gave it the motto: "Nil desperandum, Christo
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duce." He wished the expedition to be considered a crusade (Pren-
tis Genealogy, 2nd edition).
Authorities :
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 332, 357, 370, 386, 408, 425, 472.
History First Church, New London, pp. 468, 501, 504-5, 509, 511-12, 515.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 18. 24-26, 28.
Prentis' Graveyard Inscriptions of New London, p. 27.
Caulkins' History of New London, pp. 328-30, 392-4.
Prentice Genealogy, by Binney, 1883, pp. 275-6, 282-4 and 2nd edition.
Hooker Genealogy, pp. 18, 35, 53.
49. Lucretia* Christophers (Hon. Capt. Christopher,3 Hon. Rich-
ard,21 Hon. Christopher1), b. June 24, 1721 ; bap. June 25, 1721,
at New London, Conn.; d. March 20, 1792, aged 69 years, 9
months, at New London, Conn., and was there buried in Old
Burying Ground, gravestone; m. Oct. 18, 1740, at New Lon-
don, by Eliphalet Adams, to Captain Edward Palmes, b. ;
bap. Sept. 2, 1716, at New London, by Eliphalet Adams ; he lived
at New London, and d. there May 31, 1776, aged 58 years, and
was there buried in Old Burying Ground, gravestone. He was
a son of Andrew Palmes (b. ; bap. Oct. 1, 1682; d. June
19, 1721 ; H. C. 1703) and his wife ? who resided at New
London, Conn.
Children: 3 (Palmes), 1 son and 2 daughters.
185 i. Lucretia,5 b. Aug. 18, 1741.
+ 186 ii. Sarah,5 b. Aug. 8, 1742; d. April 6, 1830; m.John
Gardiner.
187 iii. Edward.5 b. April 7, 1744. I have no further rec-
ord of him.
Authorities :
Prentis' New London Grave Yard Inscriptions, pp. 27, 39.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. 19.
History First Church, New London, p. 454.
Savage's Gen. Die. of New England, Vol. Ill, p. 343.
Caulkins' History of New London, p. 360.
Lion Gardiner and his Descendants, p. 104.
52. Richard4 Christophers (Hon. Capt. Richard,3 Hon. Richard,2
Hon. Christopher1), b. July 29, 1712, at New London, Conn.;
bap. there Aug. 3, 1712; he lived at New London, Conn., and
was a mariner and Sheriff of New London, resigned that office
fn 1735 ; d. Sept. 28, 1736, at New London, Conn., aged about
24 years, and was buried there Sept. 30, 1736, in the old Sal-
tonstall tomb in Old Burying Ground; m. Dec. 10 (or 11), 1733,
at New London, intention published there Nov. 11, 1733, to
Mary Picket as her first husband (dau. of John Picket (b. July
28, 1685 ; d. Dec. 9, 1738, at New London, and was buried there
Dec. 13, 1738; m. Oct. 21, 1706, at New London), and his wife
Elizabeth (Mulford) Christophers (widow of Lieut. John2
Christophers, see No. 2, and dau. of Capt. John Mulford. of
Long Island), b. ; d. Aug. 13, 1720, of New London,
Conn.), b. ; bap. New London, Aug. 29. 1714; d. Satur-
9o
day, May n, 1754, at her home at White Beach, New London,
Conn., and was buried at New London in Old Burying Ground,
gravestone.
Children: 2 (Christophers) daughters.
+ 188 i. Mary,5 b. May 23, 1734; d. July 28, 1773; m. Col.
Amos Chesebrough.
4-189 ii. Elizabeth,5 b. Dec. 24, 1735; d. March 11, 1798;
m. (1) Captain Nathan Hinman; m. (2) Captain
Joseph Hurlbut.
Mary (Picket) Christophers, widow of Richard4 Christophers,
No. 52, m. (2) Jan. 17, 1738-9, at , to Nathaniel Greene, b.
, at ; d. , at . He was a son of Deacon Tim-
othy Greene, of New London, who was b. March — , 1679 ; d. May
4, 1757, aged 78, at New London, Conn.
Children: ? (Greene) none that are known of. Not in Chris-
tophers line.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 629, under date of May 11, 1754, states:
"Nathaniel Greene's wife died, aged about 40. She was the 2nd and
youngest daughter of Mr. John Picket, deceased. Her first hus-
band was Richard Christophers 3rd, by whom she had two daugh-
ters"— "Monday May 13th 1754: In the after part att the funeral
of Mrs. Green, who was brought up (from her house at White
Beach) to Mr. Bullfinche's by water and thence was carried through
the town street in order with pall-bearers, &c. and buried in the
manner of the Church of England."
Authorities :
New London Town Records, Book I.
History First Church, New London, pp. 475-7-
Bond's IVatertown, p. 924.
Caulkins' History of New London, pp. 239, 384.
Early Connecticut Marriages, by Bailey, Book II, pp. 16, 23.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 38, 266-7, 269, 685.
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, chart, between pp. 84-5.
Prentis' New London Graveyard Inscriptions, p. 21.
53. Elizabeth4 Christophers (Hon. Capt. Richard,3 Hon. Rich-
ard,2 Hon. Christopher1), b. Sept. 13, 17 14; bap. First Church,
Sept. 19, 1714, at New London, Conn.; d. Aug. 5, 1783 "aged
68 years, 11 months, 8 days," at New London, and was there
buried in Old Burying Ground, gravestone; m. (1) Aug. 31,
1732 (year date of marriage furnished from Miss E. C.
Brewster Jones, female lines of the Brewster family, deposited
in the Library of the New York Genealogical and Biographical
Society), at New London, Conn., to John Shackmaple, Jr., b.
, 1712, about (he was "30 odd" at death), at , Eng-
land; d. Jan. 3, 1742-3, "aged 30 odd," at New London, and
was buried there Jan. 5, 1742-3, no gravestone. He was a son
of John Shackmaple, Senior (b. , in England ; d. New Lon-
don, March 31, 1730-1, at 3 A. M., and was buried April 1,
1731) and his wife Sarah (b. , 1675, about; d. June 14,
9i
I755» at New London, "an aged gentlewoman about 80 years,"
and was buried New London, June 16, 1755), of New London,
Conn.
John Shackmaple, Senior, an Englishman, was commissioned by
Surveyor General Robert Quarry, to be collector, surveyor and
searcher for Connecticut. He was confirmed in office by a new com-
mission issued May 3, 1718, by the Lords Commissioners of Trade
and Plantations. His district included Connecticut, Fisher's Island,
Gardiner's Island and the east end of Long Island. The office of
Surveyor and Searcher was afterward separated from that of Col-
lector and the appointment given to John Shackmaple, Jr., in 1728,
by James Stevens, the then Surveyor General. John Shackmaple,
Senior, died March 31, 1730-1. His son succeeded him as collector
and the office of Surveyor was given to Richard Durfee, of New-
port. John Shackmaple, Jr., was on the committee to purchase site
for the P. E. Church at New London.
Children: 5 (Shackmaple), 2 sons and 3 daughters, all b. at New
London, Conn.
190 i. Sarah,5 b. Wednesday, July 4, 1733.
191 ii. Elizabeth,8 b. Thursday, Dec. 5, 1734; d. ; m.
Thomas Wilson, Sr., b. ; d. .
Children: 3 (Wilson) 1 son and 2 daughters.
1. Sarah,6 b. ; d. ; m. Robert Colfax, as
his first wife.
Children: 2 (Colfax), 1 son and 1 daughter:
i. Robert.7
ii. Harriet?7
2. Elizabeth,6 b. ; d. ; m. (1) Jonathan
Colfax (brother of Robert Colfax, who m. as
his first wife Sarah6 Wilson) and by him had
one dau. (Colfax).
i. Elizabeth.7
She m. (2) as his second wife, Robert Colfax
(brother of her first husband whose first wife
was her sister Sarah6 Wilson).
3. Thomas,6 b. ; d. ; m. (1) Sarah Dur-
fee.
Children: 2 (Wilson) daughters.
i. Maria,7 b. ; d. .
ii. Charlotte,7 b. ; d. ; m. James
Edgerton.
Child: 1 (Edgerton) daughter.
i. Sarah,8 who m. Edward Learned.
Child: 1 (Learned) daughter.
i. Elizabeth,9 who is believed to have never
m.
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Thomas6 Wilson, m. (2) Phebe Durfee (his
first wife's sister) by whom he had:
4 (Wilson) children, 1 son and 3 daughters.
iii. Sally.7
iv. Elizabeth.7
v. Louisa.7
vi. Thomas.7
Sarah and Phebe Durfee the first and second
wives of Thomas8 Wilson were sisters of Rich-
ard Durfee, who m. Sarah Palmes (dau. of
Andrew Palmes, H. C. 1703).
192 iii. Lydia,5 b. Wednesday, July 2, 1736.
x93 iy- John,5 b. Thursday, May II, 1738; d. April 26,
1767, aged 29, at New London, Conn., and was
buried there in Old Burying Grund, gravestone ; m.
, at , to Phebe ? b. , 1745, about
(see age at and date of death) ; d. June 3, 1776, in
her 31st year, at New London, and was buried
there in Old Burying Ground, gravestone; and by
whom he had no issue. Hence with John5 Shack-
maple, the name became extinct in New London.
John5 Shackmaple was called Captain.
194 v. Richard,5 b. Friday, July 17, 1741 ; d. ; he
probably never m., as the male line became extinct
with his brother John5 Shackmaple.
Elizabeth4 (Christophers) Shackmaple, widow of John Shack-
maple, Jr., m. (2) Oct. 29, 1753, at New London, to Thomas Allen
(as his first wife), b. Sept. 19, 1728, at London, England; d. Nov.
19, 1793, at New London, Conn., aged 65 years and 2 months and
was buried there in the Second Burying Ground, whence his re-
mains were removed to Cedar Grove Cemetery and re-interred in
the Allen lot subsequent to April 4, 1853. He was a son of Nathan-
iel Allen (b. London, Eng., , 1699; d. Nov. 1, 1770, at Shrews-
bury, Mass.; m. , 1726-7, at London, Eng.), and his second
wife Dorcas Bowes (b. ?; d. April — , 1779, at Leicester,
Mass.), who resided in London, Eng., until 1734, when he came
over to Boston, Mass., where he was a merchant. He removed to
Shrewsbury, Mass., in 1757, where he bought a farm. In early life
he commanded a packet-ship plying between London, Eng., and
Boston, Mass.
Thomas Allen lived in London, Eng., until 1734. He came
over to Boston in 1734, and lived there until 1749; after that time
until 1752, he was in the Island of Madeira for awhile and finally
settled in New London, Conn. In 1749, he was spoken of as a
shop-keeper associated with his father in Boston. While in Madeira
he is said to have made a large fortune. When he returned to this
country and settled in New London, he was a merchant near Ferry
Wharf. In 1770, he commenced the first Marine List in New Lon-
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don, and continued publishing it until his death. He was also en-
gaged in commerce and owned sixteen sail vessels. He was voted
into the Boston Marine Society, as a Marine Member, March 4,
1760, and paid £4, iosh for his certificate of membership. In the
Annals of St. James (P. E.) Church, New London, by Rev. Robert
A. Hallam, D.D., he is spoken of as a man of substance and extensive
business, and for a long time a foremost man in the Episcopal
Church, of which Church he was a Warden for 10 years. Hemp-
stead's Diary, p. 634, under date of Saturday, July 27, 1734, states:
"An infant still born, of the body of the widow Eliza Sh^ckmapie,
alias (it is hoped) the wife of Thomas Allin. a bankrupt and gone
off to the West Indies, was buried in ye evening." Under date of
Aug. 23, 1758, he states: "I was most of the day laying out Beach
for Thomas Allin and John Shackmaple's heirs, with Justice Rich-
ards, Justice Coit and Deacon Fosdyck."
Caulkin's History of New London, pp. 578-9, states: "Allen's
Marine List was esteemed a valuable appendage to Greene's news-
paper. He enlivened the dull record of entries and clearances with
maxims, witticisms and sudden insertions of extraneous matter
which were often grotesque and amusing. The list commenced in
1770. During the Revolutionary War, he [Thomas Allen] kept a
public house on Main Street, which was reopened as the City Coffee
House, and the marine list renewed Jan. 1, 1785. This house was
regarded as the center of good living and convivial brotherhood.
Here was to be heard the latest news, the freshest anecdote, the
keenest repartee : here was served up the earliest and best game of
the season, the January salmon, the eighteen pound black fish, trout,
woodcock and wild duck, in advance of every other table. It was
much then in vogue for gentlemen of the town to dine together in
clubs. The following advertisement from Greene's Gazette gives
notice of the re-opening of the City Coffee House: 'City Coffee
House reopened by Thomas Allen, next door to Captain Joseph
Packwood's, where can be had drink for the thirsty, food for the
hungry, lodging for the weary, good stabling for horses. Said Allen
has also in supply of choice Madeira Lisbon and Port wines for
the benefit of the sick and weakly, and good horses to let to mer-
ciful riders.' "
Children: 2 (Allen), 1 infant still born and 1 son, both b. in
New London.
195 vi. Infant,5 still born, July 27, 1754; d. July 27, 1754;
buried New London, July 27, 1754.
+ 196 vii. Thomas,5 b. Sept. 10, 1755; d. May 16, 1842; m.
Amelia Taber.
Thomas Allen. Senior, m. (2) July 7, 1784, at , to Mary
(Adams) Allen (sister of Jonathan Adams, of Shrewsbury, Mass.,
and widow of his brother Lewis Allen, who was bap. Boston. Sept.
29, 1747; d. Nov. 7, 1782, at Leicester, Mass.; m. , 1770, at
Shrewsbury, Mass.), b. , at ; d. , at . Her par-
entage is not yet determined by me.
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Children: None.
Authorities :
Caulkin's History of New London, pp. 239, 410-441, 444, 477, 578-9.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 219, 403, 634, 650, 708.
Prentis' Burying Ground Inscriptions of New London, pp. 14, 40.
Bond's IVatertown, p. 924.
Allen Family Genealogical History, by Frances M. Stoddard, privately
printed, Boston, 1891, pp. 13-4, 16, 27-31, et sequentia.
54. Mary4 Christophers (Hon. Capt. Richard,3 Hon. Richard,2
Hon. Christopher1), b. Dec. 17, 1716; bap. Dec. 30, 1716, at
New London, Conn.; d. Oct. 9 (or 10), 1755, at New London,
and was there buried in Old Burying Ground, gravestone. Her
gravestone is recorded in Prentis' Graveyard Inscriptions of
New London, as being thus inscribed, p. 36: "In memory of
Mrs. Mary Coit, wife of Capt. Nathaniel Coit, who departed
this life October ye 10th IJ35, in ye 30th year of her age."
The year date of her death should be 7755, as it is distinctly
recorded in Hempstead's Diary, p. 657, and the day of the
month was either Oct. 9th (or 10th), as under date of Oct.
10th, 1755, Hempstead in his diary states that she died last
night. The inscription as recorded and printed by Prentis is
again in error, as she was, at the time of her death, in her 40th
year, and not in her 2,0th year as printed. Chapman's Coit
Genealogy, p. 39, states : "The date of her death is not known."
I presume that the inaccuracy of the tombstone inscription gave
rise to Chapman's doubt on the subject. Nevertheless, Hemp-
stead distinctly records it as above Oct. 9 (or 10), 1755.
The Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, on chart, between pp.
84-5, states that Mary4 Christophers, No. 54, m. only twice, — first
to Captain John Braddick and secondly to Nathaniel Coit. The
Coit Genealogy mentions her only as the widow of Captain John
Braddick. In disagreement with this, Hempstead's Diary, p. 657,
under date of Oct. 10, 1755, states: "Nathaniel Coit's wife' died last
night, and buried in ye eve. She was lately delivered of a child and
had fever and canker. She was his second wife and he her third
husband. She was a daughter of Richard Christophers, deceased,
the 2nd [i. e., the second of that name]."
If Hempstead is correct in his above quoted statement that
Nathaniel Coit was the third husband of Mary4 Christophers, No.
54, the question arises as to who were her first and second husbands.
We know that John Braddick was her husband previous to her
marriage to Nathaniel Coit, and that she was the second wife of
the said John Braddick, whom she married some time after the death
of his first wife who was Lucretia3 Christophers, No. 25, who died
March 21, 1747-8; therefore at the time of her marriage to John
Braddick she was at least 31 years old (see her date of birth) which
age (31) was a late one in those days for a first marriage. These
facts renders in a measure probable that she (No. 54) may have
married previous to her marriage to John Braddick. If so, to
whom?
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Miss Emma C. Brewster Jones, the author of the Brewster
Genealogy, in her manuscript records, of the descendants of Elder
William Brewster in the female line ( see manuscript collections of
the N. Y. Genealogical and Biographical Society), states in Book
No. 7 of these manuscripts that Mary4 Christophers, No. 54, prob-
ably married Jeremiah Miller.
From the History of the First Church, New London, from
Hempstead's Diary and from Hedge's History of Easthampton,
L. I., N. Y., we gather than there were in New London from 171 1
to 1761, three of the name of Jeremiah Miller, viz.:
1. Jeremiah4 Miller (son of Jeremiah3 and Mary (Mulford) Mil-
ler, of Easthampton, N. Y.), b. , 1690; d. March 15, 1756,
aged 66; m. March 2, 1717-18 (intention published New Lon-
don, Feb. 9, 1 71 7- 18), at New London, to Mary Saltonstall
(dau. of the Rev. Gov. Gurdon Saltonstall, of New London),
who was b. Feb. 15, 1691-2, at New London, and who d. Feb.
17, 1749, at New London. This Jeremiah4 Miller graduated
1709 from Yale College and was a physician and school teacher
at New London, where he settled in 171 1. He m. 2nd, Anne
(Dudley) Winthrop (daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Tying)
Dudley, of Roxbury, Mass., and widow of Major John Win-
throp, who d. in Sydenham, Eng., Aug. 1, 1747.) She was
b. Aug. 27 and bap. Aug. 31, 1684; m. John Winthrop, Dec. 16,
1707. He had a son by his first marriage.
2. Jeremiah5 Miller, b. ; bap. New London, Aug. 23, 1719.
He was the Naval Officer of New London, and m. May 16,
1744, at New London, to Margaret Winthrop, bap. Jan. 16,
1718; d. , 1803 (dau. of John and Anne (Dudley) Win-
throp, of New London). They had a son.
3. Jeremiah6 Miller, b. ; bap. New London, May 21, 1749.
On consideration of the above array of facts it is obvious that
the last Jeremiah6 Miller, bap. May 21, 1749, could not have been
the first husband of Mary4 Christophers, No. 54, for the reason that
he was 33 years younger than she was and also that she married
John Braddick as his second wife after March 21, 1747-8, and died
Oct. 9 (or 10), 1755, when this Jeremiah6 Miller was only 6 years
old.
Jeremiah8 Miller, bap. New London, Aug. 23, 1719; d. ?
and by his wife Margaret Winthrop, who d. in 1803, had the fol-
lowing children as recorded in the History of the First Church, New
London, and in Hempstead's Diary, the entries reading as follows,
viz.:
1. John Still, bap. Aug. 2, 1746, son of Jeremiah Miller, Jr.
2. Mary, bap. Nov. 1, 1747, dau. of Jeremiah Miller, Jr.
3. Jeremiah, bap. May 21, 1749, son of Jeremiah Miller, Jr.
4. Margareta, bap. June 10, 1750, dau. of Jeremiah Miller, Jr.
5. Ann, bap, Aug. 16, 1752, dau. of Jeremiah Miller, Jr.
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6. Katharine, bap. April 3, 1757, dau. of Jeremiah Miller, Jr.
7. Elizabeth, bap. Feb. 26, 1758, dau. of Jeremiah and Margaretta
Miller.
8. Gurdon Jason, bap. April 3, 1763, son of Jeremiah and Mar-
garetta Miller.
From the above record of children we see that Jeremiah5 Mil-
ler's wife Margaret (Winthrop) Miller was alive up to 1803 and
bore him children as late as 1763 ; hence Mary* Christophers, No. 54,
could not have been the wife of this Jeremiah5 Miller.
Jeremiah4 Miller, the progenitor of the New London Millers, m.
(1) Mary Saltonstall, who d. Feb. 17, 1749, and who was the mother
of all of his children. He m. (2) Anne (Dudley) Winthrop, widow
of John Winthrop (son of Wait Still Winthrop, of Boston), who d.
Aug. 1, 1747, in Sydenham, England. This John Winthrop was the
father of Margaret Winthrop, who m. Jeremiah5 Miller. Jeremiah4
Miller d. March 15, 1756; hence he m. Anne (Dudley) Winthrop as
his second wife between the years 1749 and 1756, and this, his sec-
ond wife and widow survived him and died in 1803. Hence it is
impossible for this Jeremiah4 Miller to have been the first husband
of Mary4 Christophers, No. 54.
These facts seem to disprove most positively Miss E. C. Brewster
Jones' suggestion of her probable marriage to a Jeremiah Miller.
If she did marry previous to her marriage to John Braddick, as
Hempstead states (p. 657), I have not been able to discover any
record of such marriage, nor have I unearthed any clue as to who
her first husband was, and I construct the record of her marriages
to be as follows :
Mary4 Christophers m. (1) — , at , to ? (whose sur-
name, baptismal name and parentage have not as yet been de-
termined), b. , at ; d. (if he ever existed in the flesh
before her marriage to John Braddick, which took place subse-
quent to March 21, 1747-8, the date of death of John Braddick's
first wife and prior to Jan. 12, 1752-3, the date of John Braddick's
death, at .
Children: ? ( ?) None that we have any record of.
Mary4 (Christophers) , widow of ? m. (2) (after
March 21, 1747-8), at , to Captain John Braddick (as his 2nd
wife, whose first wife was Lucretia3 Christophers, No. 25, who d.
March 21, 1747-8), b. , 1700, about, at Southold, N. Y. (prob-
ably) ; he was a sea captain and lived at Southold, N. Y., and later
at New London. Conn., where he was a vestryman and warden of
the Protestant Episcopal Church; he d. Jan. 12. 1752-3, of galloping
consumption, at New London, and was there buried, gravestone.
Children: (Braddick). None that are known of.
For record of Captain John Braddick's first marriage see No.
25 and Nos. 86 to 92, inclusive, of this genealogical article.
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Mary* (Christophers) ? Braddick, second wife and widow
of Captain John Braddick, m. (3) July 13, 1754, at New London,
Conn., to Captain Nathaniel Coit (as his 2nd wife; whose first wife
Margaret Douglass he m. Nov. 6, 1735, and who d. July 17, 1752), b.
May 30, 171 1, at New London and was bap. there June 3, 171 1 ; he
was a sea captain and lived at New London, d. , at . He
was a son of Solomon and Mary (Stevens) Coit, of New London.
Child: 1 (Coit) daughter, b. at New London.
197 i. Katharine,5 b. Oct. 5, 1755; bap. New London,
Oct. 5, 1755; d. , young.
Captain Nathaniel Coit m. (1) Nov. 6, 1735, at New London,
Conn., to Margaret Douglass (dau. of Captain Richard Douglass,
of New London), b. ; d. July 17, 1752, at New London and
was there buried in Old Burying Ground, gravestone. She was 35
years old at death and hence was b. , 1717, about.
Children by this his first marriage, 8 (Coit), 4 sons and 4
daughters. Not in Christophers line.
1. Sarah, b. July 18, 1736; d. ; m. June 17, 1858 (or
T759)» to Samuel Belden; 11 children.
2. Nathaniel, b. Dec. 1, 1738; d. April 24, 1783; m. Boradil
Latimer; 8 children.
3. Mary, b. Nov. 10, 1740; d. Feb. 5, 1742-3.
4. Margaret, b. Feb. 8, 1742-3; d. Sept. 4, 1746.
5. Solomon, b. Feb. 15, 1744-5; d. , 1793; m. Feb. 26,
I775» to Hannah Jordan, of Saco, Me., where he settled;
he d. in the West Indies.
6. Mary, b. Aug. 2, 1747; d. May 28, 1832, aged 85 ; not m.
7. Samuel, b. July 1, 1752; d. ; believed to have lived
and died in Boston, Mass.
8. William, b. July 1, 1752 (twin) ; d. July 9, 1752.
Captain Nathaniel Coit m. (3) Nov. 18 (or 8), 1759, at New
London, to Love (Richards) Rogers (widow of Lemuel Rogers,
whom she m. Oct. 6, 1745, and who d. Dec. 9, 1754, and by whom
she had 4 (Rogers) sons), b. , 1726-7; bap. Jan. 15, 1726-7,
at New London ; d. , at . She was a dau. of Capt. George
and Esther (Hough) Richards, of New London.
Children by his 3rd marriage 5 (Coit), 4 sons and 1 daughter,
not in Christophers line.
9. John, bap. New London, Oct. (or Nov.) 16, 1760; died
without issue.
10. William, bap. New London, April 25, 1762; died without
issue.
11. Benjamin, bap. New London, July 24, 1763; died without
issue.
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12. Russell, bap. New London, Dec. 30, 1764; d. Feb. 23,
1849; m- Lucretia De Wolf, who d. May 22, 1831 ; 7
children.
13. Love, bap. New London, Sept. 21, 1766; d. ; m.
William Luther.
Authorities :
Bond's History of IVatertown, p. 924.
History First Church, New London, pp. 479, 481, 488, 515-16, 518-19, 521,
523-4, 527-31.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 62, 73-4, 156, 179, 237, 464, 491. 519, 550, 593, 657,
665.
Caulkin's History of New London, pp. 477, 669-70.
Coit Genealogy, by Chapman, pp. 39, 71-3.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 17, 20-3.
Prentis' New London Burying Ground Inscriptions, p. 36..
James Rogers and His Descendants, pp. 105-7.
Genealogical Register, Vol. Ill, p. 95.
History of Easthampton, N. Y '., pp. 305-6.
Winthrop of Groton and Allied Families, p. 27.
Yale Biographies, by Dexter, 1 701 -1745, pp. 83-4.
Savage's Gen. Diet, of New England, Vol. II, p. 76.
55. Sarah4 Christophers (Hon. Capt. Richard,3 Hon. Richard,2
Hon. Christopher1), b. Dec. 6, 1719; bap. Dec. 13, 1719, at
New London, Conn. On Nov. 26, 1736 she (being a minor)
chose Mr. Richards as her guardian, bond given for £1000.
Mr. Shackmaple, bondsman; d. (she was living Aug. 15,
1801 (see Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, p. 158), at
(probably at Adam's Falls, near Hillsborough, N. C.) ; m.
(prior to July 7, 1742), at , to James Mumford, b. Feb. 7,
1715, at ; he lived at Fisher's Island, near New London,
and later at New London, Conn., where he was a merchant ; d.
. l77Z (will dated Aug. 6, 1773; proved Sept. 4, 1773), at
New London, Conn. He was a son of Capt. George Mumford
(b. July 15, 1689; d. June 22, 1756; m. Aug. 7, 1709) and his
wife Mary Robinson (b. , 1694, about ; d. Jan. 5, 1752, aged
57y, 6mo; she was a dau. of Rowland and Mary (Allen) Rob-
inson), of Kingston, R. I., and Fisher's Island, and afterward
of New London, Conn., where both he and his wife are buried
in the Old Burying Ground, gravestones.
Children: 7 (Mumford), 4 sons and 2 daughters and 1 sex
not stated.
All born on Fisher's Island except No. 204.
198 i. Child5 (sex not stated), b. , 1742-3; d. March
29 (or 30), 1745-6, about, at Fisher's Island and
the remains were brought over and buried in New
London, March 30, 1756. Hempstead's Diary, p.
457 states: "March 30, 1745-6, after meeting a
child of James Mumford of Fisher's Island was
brought over and buried, about 3 years old; died
very suddenly."
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+ 199 "• Robinson,5 b. ; d. ; m. Sarah Coit. See
Record No. 21, second marriage of Daniel Coit.
+ 200 iii. Lydia,5 b. ; d. ; m. Joseph5 Christophers,
See No. 168.
201 iv. George,5 b. , 1747, about; d. July 7, 1775,
aged 28. at Georgetown, Ya. (now D. C.) ; prob-
ably not m. ; at least he left no issue who were
living Aug. 15, 1 801.
202 v. Richard,5 b. April 27, 1752; d. Aug. 15, 1753, aged
1 year, 18 days, and was buried in Old Burying
Ground, New London, on Aug. 16, 1753 (Hemp-
stead, p. 613).
203 vi. Caleb,5 b. , 1754; d. April 12, 1801, at Salem,
Conn., aged 47; not known to have married; at
least he left no issue living as late as Aug. 15, 1801 ;
he was buried at Salem, Conn., on the Woodbridge
Farm there.
204 vii. Sarah,5 b. Feb. 1, 1757, at New London, Conn.;
d. March 7, 1800, at the Moravian Sister's Home,
Bethlehem, Pa. ; not m. While visiting her brother
Robinson5 Mumford, near Mocksville, N. C, she
learned of the Moravian Colony in Salem, N. C,
she presented herself to this Society in Sept., 1787.
She was admitted to that order at Bethlehem, Pa.,
May 29, 1788, and on June 22 of that same year
was received into the Moravian Church.
The Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, p. 96, states : "On
March 7, 1755, John Christophers of New London, sold his house,
shop, barn and work house to Captain George Mumford of Fisher's
Island" — James Mumford (his son) probably lived on Fisher's
Island until about this date and then removed to New London. All
of James Mumford's children, except the last one, No. 204, were
probablv born on Fisher's Island. Both George5 and Caleb5 Mum-
ford, Nos. 201 and 203, probably died, not married, or at least left
no issue; because their brother Robinson5 Mumford, No. 199, un-
der date of Aug. 15, 1801 in a letter acknowledging news of the
death of his brother Caleb5 Mumford, at Salem, states that his aged
mother was then still alive, but that he and his son George were the
last of the line of Captain George Mumford.
The exact date of marriage of James Mumford to Sarah4
Christophers is not as yet determined ; but it took place prior to
July 7, 1742, for on that date James Mumford joins with his wife
Sarah Mumford in a deed of land to Roderick Mackowsky of New
London (see Book 13 (1742-3) New London Records).
James Mumford, of New London, made his will Aug. 6, 1773,
and it was proved Sept. 4, 1773, before Gurdon Saltonstall, Judge
of Probate; the will was witnessed by Jeremiah Miller, Roswell
IOO
Saltonstall and Allen Christophers, and will was sworn to before
Jeremiah Miller, Justice of the Peace. The will makes no specific
bequests, but directs division of the residuary estate in accordance
with the laws of the Colony. Executors were his wife Sarah, son
Robinson, now residing in the island of Jamaica, and his son-in-
law, Joseph Christophers, of New London.
Authorities :
History First Church, New London, p. 481.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 24, 26.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 94, 312, 457. 613, 670.
Mumford Memoirs, by James G. Mumford (1900), pp. 68-122, 135.
Ancestral Records and Portraits (published by Grafton Press for Colonial
Dames), pp. 187-8, Vol. I.
56. Joseph4 Christophers (Hon. Capt. Richard,3 Hon. Richard,2
Hon. Christopher1), b. Nov. 30, 1722; bap. Dec. 1, 1722, at
New London ; he resided at Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies ;
d. , 1749, at .
I have no record of his marriage and it is presumed that
he died single.
Authorities :
History First Church, New London, p. 484.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 127.
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, chart between pp. 84-5.
58. Katherine4 Christophers (Hon. Capt. Richard,3 Hon. Rich-
ard,2 Hon. Christopher1), b. ; bap. New London, Feb. 6,
1725-6; d. , at ; m. (1) , at , to ? Davis,
b. , at ; d. , at ; she m. (2) March 10, 1757
(int. pub. Feb. 20, 1757), at New London, to James Murphy,
b. , at ; d. , at . Hempstead's Diary, pp.
681-683, states that on March 24, 1757, James Murphy and his
wife set out for Middletown. She m. (3) , at , to
John Pinevert, b. , at ; d. , at .
This is the record of No. 58 as complete as I have been
able to construct it. I have no record of her children (if she
had any) by any of her three marriages.
Authorities :
History First Church, New London, p. 487.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 165, 6681-3.
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, chart between pp. 84-5.
59. John4 Coit (Grace3 Christophers, Hon. Richard,2 Hon.
Christopher1), b. April 7, 1720; bap. May 1, 1720, at New
London, Conn.; he lived at New London and was a mariner;
d. March 26, 1745, at Middletown, Conn., where he was
drowned "struck overboard with boom, body not found yet"
i. e., March 28) ; m. Jan. 13, 1742, at , to Mary (Nancy)
Pierce (dau. of Robert and Ann ( ) Pierce), b. , at
; d. , at .
Child: 1 (Coit) daughter.
205 i- Grace,5 b. Aug. 27, 1744; d. ; m. June II,
1769, at New London, Conn., at home of Nathaniel
Shaw. Esq., to Daniel Shaw, of New London (son
of Nathaniel (b. 1703; d. Aug. 26, 1778, aged
75, at New London), and Temperance (Harris)
Shaw (b. I709; bap. New London, June 26,
1709; d. June 27, 1796, aged 87, dau. of Joseph
Harris of New London), b. ; bap. New Lon-
don, June 27, 1742; d. , at .
Mary (Pierce) Coit, widow of John* Coit (No. 59) m. (2)
Jan. 22, 1756, at , to James Culver (or Colver), b. , at
; d. , at .
Child: 1 (Culver) son. Not in Christophers line.
i. James, b. Nov. — , 1757; d. May 30, 1760, aged 2 years and
6 months and was buried in Old Burying Ground, New Lon-
don, gravestone.
Authorities :
Coit Family, pp. 29-30, 48.
Mehitable (Coit) Chandler, her book, 1714, pamphlet, N. Y. Public
Library.
History First Church. New London, p. 481.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 98, 395.
Prentis' Old Burying Ground Inscriptions, New London, p. 37.
Woodbridge Record, p. 66.
60. Richard4 Coit (Grace3 Christophers, Hon. Richard,2 Hon.
Christopher1), b. July 8, 1722; bap. July 15, 1722, at New Lon-
don, Conn. ; he renewed covenant with First Church, New
London, Sept. 8, 1744; d. Oct. 3, 1745, aged 23 years old of
lung fever after an illness of 33 days, at New London, Conn.,
and was there buried in Old Burying Ground, gravestone; m.
Oct. 12 (or 13), 1743; intention published Sept. 25, 1743, at
New London, to Abigail Braddick, b. , 1712 (see age at
and date of death), at Southold, N. Y. ; she renewed covenant
with First Church, New London, Sept. 8, 1744; d. Feb. 25,
1770, in the 58th year of her age, at New London and was
there buried in Old Burying Ground, gravestone. Her grave-
stone says she d. in 1770, but Miss E. C. Brewster Jones' fe-
male Brewster notes, in the N. Y. Genealogical and Biograph-
ical Society Library, says that she d. in 1779, which I think is
incorrect. She was a dau. of Captain John and Mary ( )
Braddick, of Southold, N. Y., and a sister of Capt. John Brad-
dick who m. (1) Lucretia3 Christophers, No. 25, and who m.
(2) Mary4 Christophers, No. 54.
Child: 1 (Coit) daughter, b. at New London.
206 i. Martha,0 b. Oct. 9, 1744; bap. Oct. 14, 1744; d.
March 31, 1807, at New London, in the 63rd year
of her age and was buried in Old Burying Ground,
gravestone. She m. Nov. 21, 1771 to John Holt,
102
Jr., b. Dec. 6, 1746; bap. Dec. 7, 1746, at New
London; d. Sept. 6, 1781, at Fort Griswold, Gro-
ton, Conn., in the 38th year of his age and was
buried in Old Burying Ground, New London. He
was a son of John Holt (b. New London, Jan. II,
1719; d. May 15, 1786; m. Feb. 20, 1746) and his
wife Sarah Strickland (b. , 1721 ; d. July 30,
1776, aged 55) of New London, Conn.
Children: 4 (Holt) sons, all b. in New London.
i. Richard Coit,6 b. Aug. 25, 1772; d. Feb. 3,
1793, aged 20 years, 5 mo.
ii. John,8 b. Sept. 5, 1774; d. Aug. 21, 1777.
iii. John,6 b. June 28, 1778; d. June 2, 1837, aged
58; m. Lucretia Tinker, b. , 1792; d.
June 25, 1845, aged 53: 7 children.
iv. Robert,6 b. Jan. 28, 1782; d. March 2, 1838,
aged 56; m. (1) Nancy Hempstead, who d.
March 28, 1835, aged 50, by whom he had 12
children; he m. (2) the widow Lucy Hemp-
stead of Groton, Conn.
The Coit Genealogy, p. 48, states that Abigail Braddick was the
dau. of Captain Jonathan Braddick by his wife Mary, in which
statement the work is in error. She was the dau. of John and
Mary ( ) Braddick, and is mentioned in the will of the said
John Braddick, under date of Sept. 6, 1733. Hempstead in his
diary, p. 449, in speaking of the funeral of Richard4 Coit on Oct.
4, 1745, says: "I was at ye funeral of Richard Coit: 16 pair of
mourners followed the corps. Mingo and Bela [slaves] and their
wives brought up the rear."
Abigail (Braddick)/ Coit, widow of Richard4 Coit, m. (2) June
7, 1767, at New London to James Chapman (as his 2nd wife, whose
first wife was Hannah Acourt, whom he m. Nov. 16, 1760, at New
London, by whom he had 4 sons), b. Feb. 8, 1708-9; bap. Feb. 20,
1708-9; d. Sept. 24, 1784, aged 76. He was the son of Jeremiah
Chapman, of New London, Conn., who d. Sept. 6, 1775, aged 88.
Children: None. Not in Christophers line.
Authorities :
Prentis' Old Burying Ground Inscriptions, New London, pp. 16-17, 22.
Coit Family Genealogy, pp. 29-30, 48-9, 95-6.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 20, 28.
Mehitable Chandler Coit, her book (N. Y. Public Library).
Connecticut Colonial Records, Vol. 1757-1762, pp. 143-4-
History First Church, New London, pp. 471, 515.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 449, 655, 683.
Chapman Genealogy, pp. 268, 273, 280-1.
Holt Family, pp. 236, 241, 253-4.
62. Samuel4 Coit (Grace3 Christophers, Hon. Richard,2 Hon.
Christopher1), b. Oct. 14, 1726; bap. Oct. 16, 1726, at New
103
London ; he was a ship-builder and lived in New London ; he r I $£$
served as a private in the Revolutionary War ; d. Nov. — , i\J^ ^^
1792, at New London, from smallpox contracted during a visit ^ ^ ■$& *
to New York City on his son John5 Coit's fishing vessel, and ^W 7*
was buried in the Second Burying Ground there. He m. Feb. ♦ '
1 (or 18), 1753, at New London, to Esther Richards, b. Feb. "LCu^aJ^J^
9» !733-4; bap. Feb. 10, 1733-4, at New London; d. Aug. 14, J
1826, aged 94, at New London. She was a dau. of David ^
Richards (b. Dec. 29, 1703; d. ; m. April 3, 1733) and ^ K^ Ay
his wife Elizabeth Edgecomb, who resided in New London. ^j„,yV*
Children: 10 (Coit), 5 sons and 5 daughters, all b. in New \ *
London.
207 i. Elizabeth,5 b. Nov. 25, 1753; d. ; m. Jan. 16,
1772, to John Fox; 2 children.
208 ii. Samuel,6 b. Dec. 22, 1755; d. Sept. 10, 1756.
209 iii. Rhoda,5 b. April (or Sept.) I, 1757; d. Sept. 13,
1831 ; m. Aug. 17, 1772, to Benjamin Rogers; 11
children.
210 iv. Lydia,5 b. April — , 1759; d. , 1826; m. May
4, 1780, to Joseph (or Joshua) Potter, of Rhode
Island ; 5 children.
211 v. Samuel,8 b. June 17, 1761 ; d. May 22, 1845; m.
Nov. 28, 1782, to Sylvia Lewis; 10 children.
212 vi. David,5 b. Dec. 29, 1764; d. May 13, 1831 ; m.
(supposedly) April 24 (or 28), 1797, to Betsey
Calkins ; 6 children.
213 vii. John,5 "b. March 12, 1767; d. April 23, 1853; m-
(1) Dec. 3, 1789, to Lucy Smith; 10 children; m.
(2) Sept. 10, 1809, to Anne E. Collins; 2 chil-
dren; m. (3) Nov. 25, 1841, to Lucy Ann Packer;
1 child.
214 viii. Grace,5 b. June 26, 1770; d. Oct. 10, 1798; m.
Walter Gracie; 1 child.
215 ix. Lucretia,5 b. Jan. 26, 1773; d. ; m. (1) Oct.
8, 1796, to Henry (or Humphrey) Young; 4 chil-
dren; m. (2) Sept. — , 1813, to John Carroll; no
children.
216 x. Richard,5 b. Jan. 31, 1776; d. ; m. Martha
Burwell ; no children.
The Coit Genealogy, p. 49, states that Samuel4 Coit, No. 62, m.
Elizabeth Ely on Feb. 18, 1753, and states that she was a dau. of
David and Elizabeth (Richards) Ely, of New London. This state-
ment is at variance with Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages,
Book II, p. 22, and with the Richards Genealogy, p. 95, also with
Miss E. C. Brewster Jones Notes, Book No. 3, Section "A," and
also with History of First Church, New London, p. 496.
104
Authorities :
Coit Genealogy, pp. 29-30, 49.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 16, 22, 29, 31.
History First Church, New London, pp. 488, 496.
Richards Genealogy (Genealogical Register), Vol. Ill, pp. 94-5.
James Rogers and His Descendants, pp. 199, 232-3.
Brewster Notes, by E. C. Brewster Jones (N. Y. Genealogical & Biograph-
ical Society), Book No. 3, Section A.
63. Joseph* Coit (Grace3 Christophers, Hon. Richard,2 Hon.
Christopher1), b. Oct. 3, 1728; bap. Oct. 6, 1728, at New Lon-
don; d. Oct. 23, 1756, aged 28, at New London, and was
buried there Sunday, Oct. 24, 1756; m. , at , to Sarah
Mosier (of Montville, Conn.), b. , at ; d. , at
. Her parentage has not as yet been determined by me.
Children: 3 (Coit), 2 sons and 1 daughter, all b. at New Lon-
don.
217 i. Richard,0 b. 1746 about; d. ; he is said
to have gone West.
218 ii. Joseph,5 b. 1748; d. ; he became a part-
ner in Norwich town in 1780 with Uriah Tracy in
a mercantile firm which continued in business
about 5 years ; he never married.
219 iii. Sarah,5 b. ; d. .
On Feb. 4, 1760, the widow Sarah (Mosier) Coit gives receipt
in discharge of John Coit, who had been guardian to Sarah5 Coit
(No. 219), then a minor under 12 years of age. Thomas Minor
being a guardian of Richard5 and Joseph5 Coit (Nos. 217, 218)
who were then minors under 16 years of age.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. 15, gives the
marriage in New London on May 28, 1730, of Hugh Mosier, of
Long Island, and Sarah Jones. These may have been the parents
of Sarah Mosier who married No. 63.
Authorities :
Coit Genealogy, p. 50.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 676.
History First Church, New London, p. 400.
65. Daniel4 Deshon (Ruth3 Christophers, Hon. Richard,2 Hon.
Christopher1), b. Nov. 10, 1725; bap. Nov. 21, 1725, at New
London. I have been able to gather no further information
relative to this individual.
Authorities :
History of First Church, New London, p. 487.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 163.
Brewster Notes, by Emma C. Brewster Jones (N. Y. Gen. & Biog.
Society), Book No. 3 A.
66. John4 Deshon (Ruth3 Christophers, Hon. Richard,2 Hon.
Christopher1), b. Dec. 27, 1727; bap. Dec. 31, 1727, at New
London; d. June 29, 1794, aged 66, at New London; m. Aug.
io5
25, I/51' at New London; intention of marriage published
there Aug. 18, 1751, to Sarah Starr, b. , 1 730-1, at New
London, and was bap. there Jan. 24, 1730-1 ; d. June II, 1794,
aged 64, at New London, Conn. She was a dau. of Benjamin
Starr (b. , 1679, about; d. Aug. 23, 1753, in 74th year, at
New London, and was buried there in Old Burying Ground,
gravestone) and his wife Lydia ? (b. , 1687, about;
d. May 17, 1747, aged 60 odd, at New London, and was there
buried in Old Burying Ground, May 18, 1747, gravestone), of
New London, Conn.
Child: 1 (Deshon) daughter.
i. Sarah,5 b. April 27, 1752; d. ; m. Sept. 20,
1770, at Norwich, Conn., by Matthew Graves,
Missionary, to Samuel Wheat, of Norwich, Conn.,
b. ; d. .
Children: 5 (Wheat) sons, all b. at Norwich, Conn,
i. John Deshon,8 b. Nov. 14, 1771 ; d. Dec. 6,
1771.
ii. John Deshon, 2nd,8 b. Sept. 18, 1773.
iii. Henry,8 b. March 3, 1778.
iv. Charles,6 b. Sept. 23, 1780.
v. George,8 b. Dec. 30, 1782.
Authorities :
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 481, 573, 613.
History of First Church, New London, pp. 489, 492.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. 22.
Norwich, Conn., published Vital Records, Vol. I, pp. 513-14
Prentis' Old Burying Ground Inscriptions at New London, p. 31.
Brewster Notes, by Emma C. Brewster Jones (N. Y. Gen. & Biog.
Society), Book 3, Part A.
68. Henry4 Deshon (Ruth3 Christophers, Hon. Richard.2 Hon.
Christopher1), b. Dec. 28, 1729; bap. Jan. 24, 1729-30, at New
London; he lived at New London, and for many years was
blind and an invalid; he d. there April 26, 1818 (according to
E. C. Brewster Jones Brewster Notes), or May 18, 1818 (ac-
cording to Rogers Genealogy), and May 19, 1818, aged 90 (ac-
cording to Miss Caulkins MSS. notes) ; m. , at New Lon-
don, Conn., to Bathsheba Rogers, b. May 14, 1734, at New
London; d. June (or July) 23, 1803, at . She was a dau.
of James Rogers (b. Dec. 7, 1701 ; d. March 29, 1754; m. Dec.
8, 1726) and his wife Grace Harris (b. Feb. 3, 1707; d. March
23, 1787), of New London, Conn.
Children: 10 (Deshon), 4 sons and 6 daughters, all b. at New
London.
221 i. Daniel,5 b. Aug. 9, 1754; d. Oct. 3, 1826; he lived
at New London in 1777; he commanded, as Cap-
io6
tain, a "letter of marque" brig the Old Defence
and was also on the committee for defence against
invasion; he m. (i) Dec. 9, 1784, at , to Mary-
Ann Packwood, b. , 1764 (see age at and date
of death), at New London, Conn. ; d. Sept. 13, 1798,
aged 34. Her parentage is as yet not determined
by me ; but in the Old Burying Ground, New Lon-
don, Conn., there are two stones thus inscribed:
(See Prentis, p. 28) "In Memory of Mrs. Abi-
gail Packwood, relict of Capt. William Packwood
who died September 2, 1808, in the 69th year of
her age" — and "In Memory of Capt. William Pack-
wood, who suddenly departed this life August
10, 1788, aged 52." These two stones may be the
graves of the parents of Mary Ann Packwood, but
I have no direct evidence that such is the case.
Children: 6 (Deshon), 4 sons and 2 daughters, all
b. at New London.
i. William,8 b. ; d. , at sea; not m.
ii. Henry,6 b. ; d. Sept. 19, 1867, at Ox-
ford, N. Y. ; m. Fanny Covel, of Preston,
Conn. ; 8 children.
iii. Daniel,6 b. , 1786; d. Jan. 29, 1868, at
New London; m. (1) May 25, 1820, to
Augusta Dudley Coit (dau. of Dr. Thomas
and Mary Wanton (Saltonstall) Coit, of New
London), b. March 31, 1797; d. Jan. (or
May) 17, 1822, aged 25, at New London, by
whom he had 2 children. He m. (2) July II,
1826, at — ; — , to Fannie Thurston (dau. of
General George Thurston, of Hopkinton,
R. I., and his second wife Mrs. Sarah Rath-
bun), b. March 27, 1798; d. Nov. 23, 1833, by
whom he had one son Daniel7 Deshon, who
died without issue in New London in 1875.
iv. Mary Ann,6 b. x793 5 d. Sept. 2, 1798,
aged 5 years.
v. James,6 b. l79S'> d. May 26, 1821, aged
26, at New London,
vi. Mary,6 b. Sept. 13, 1798; d. Sept. 13, 1798.
Daniel5 Deshon (No. 221) m. (2) , at , to Fannie
(Packwood) Rogers (his first wife's sister and widow of Harris
Rogers, who was b. Feb. 12, 1755 ; d. May — , 1785, by whom she
had 3 (Rogers) sons; not in Christophers line), b. , 1761,
about, at ; d. Oct. 2 (or 3), 1798 (or 1799), aged 37, at New
London.
Children: (Deshon). none that are known of.
107
Daniel5 Deshon (No. 221) m. (3) , 1799, at , to Sarah
(Packwood) Robertson (sister of his first and second wives and
widow of Patrick Robertson), b. , at ; d. , 1843, at
Children: 4 (Deshon), 1 son and 3 daughters:
v. Mary Ann,6 b. , 1800; d. , 1833; m.
, 1821, to John Brandegee, b. , 1787;
d. , 1859; 4 children.
vi. Francis Bureau,8 b. March 17, 1802; he en-
tered Yale College at opening of the Sopho-
more year and graduated in 1820; he studied
law and settled at Mobile, Ala., where he d.
July 18, 1825, aged 23 years. He is supposed
not to have married.
vii. Abbie Emily,6 b. 1804; d. March 3, 181 1.
aged 7 years.
viii. Harriet Elizabeth,6 b. , 1805; d. Nov. 8,
1832, aged 27; m. Benjamin Babcock Thurs-
ton, of New London, as his first wife and by
him had 2 children. He m. (2) Frances
Elizabeth Deshon (dau. of John and Frances
(Robertson) Deshon, see No. 230), by whom
he had 3 children.
222 ii. Grace5 (twin), b. Aug. 9, 1754; d. Oct. 3, 1835, at
New London; m. May 26, 1776, at New London,
to Capt. James Lampheer (see Nos. 20 and 59 of
the descendants of Jeffery1 Christophers), b. ,
1747; d. March 6, 1820; he was sailing master of
the U. S. Frigate Congress; he commanded a pri-
vateer and took valuable prizes in the Revolution-
ary War. His home in New London was burnt by
Arnold in 1781. He was attached to the U. S. Ship
Trumbull, which was captured off the Delaware
Capes by the British Ships of War Iris and General
Monk. He was a son of James Lampheer, Jr., of
New London by his wife Sarah5 Mayhew (See
No. 20, descendants of Jeffery1 Christophers).
Children: 9 (Lampheer), 5 sons and 4 daughters,
all b. in New London.
i. Mary,6 b. April 8, 1777; d. Aug. 9, 1865, at
New London; m. Dec. 22, 1798, at New Lon-
don, to Barachiah Paine (son of Thomas and
Alice (Gross) Paine, of Wellfleet, Mass.).
They lived in New London and Norwich,
Conn. ; 5 children.
ii. Sarah,6 b. April 19, 1779; d. ; m. March
12, 1798, at New London, to Joseph B. Man-
ning.
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iii. Lucretia,6 b. Oct. 4, 1781 ; d. ; m. May
22, 1800, at New London, to Nathaniel Sal-
tonstall.
iv. Grace,6 b. June 19, 1784; d. July 29, 1866; m.
May 4, 1806, at New London, to Daniel
Booth Hempstead ; 5 children,
v. James,6 b. Sept. 4, 1788; d. Nov. 26, 1831, at
New London ; m. June 5, 1814, at New Lon-
don, to Caroline Mason ; 8 children.
vi. Henry,6 b. Jan. 22, 1791 ; d. Oct. 10, 1796.
vii. Elizabeth,6 b. Feb. 16, 1793; d. ; m.
Thaddeus Brooks ; their descendants moved
far West.
viii. John Mayhew,8 b. Sept. 9, 1796; d. Aug. 13,
1818, at sea; not m.
ix. Grace,6 b. April 30, 1799; d. March 23, 1800.
223 iii. Ruth,5 b. May 26, 1756; d. May 19, 1824, at Guil-
ford, Conn., and was buried there in Alderbrook
Cemetery in Burgis Plot, gravestone ; m. ( 1 ) May
11, 1776, at , to David Harris, b. June 6, 1753,
at ; d. , at . He was' a son of Wil-
liam Harris (b. Oct. 17, 1716; d. ; m. July
15, 1739) and his wife Bridget Turner (b. ;
d. , dau. of Jonathan Turner).
Children: (Harris) none that are known of.
Ruth5 (Deshon) Harris, widow of David Har-
ris, m. (2) March 3, 1789, at New London, to
Nicholas Lazelle (Loysel or Loiselles), b. , at
; d. (will dated Oct. 23, 1806, no date of
probate), at . His parentage is as yet not de-
termined by me. He was a loyal Frenchman, an
adherent of the Crown when Louis XVI was be-
headed on Jan. 21, 1793; when Lazelle heard the
news he painted his house black, and as late as 1912
a part of this house (which was still standing) re-
tained evidence of this black paint. Nicholas Laz-
elle made his will Oct. 23, 1806, and in it he men-
tions his wife Ruth, also mentions Sarah Burgis,
Jr., Ruth Burgis and George Thomas Burgis, chil-
dren of Thomas and Sarah5 (Deshon) Burgis, of
Guilford, Conn., his wife Ruth Lazelle was made
Executrix.
Children: (Lazelle) none that are known of and
none are mentioned in the will of either Ruth5
(Deshon) Harris-Lazelle, nor in that of her hus-
band, Nicholas Lazelle.
After the massacre in St. Domingo, several
families from there settled in Guilford, Conn.
109
Among them was Nicholas Lazelle ; he was late of
the Island of Guadaloupe, West Indies, as stated
in his will. Ruth (Deshon) Harris-Lazelle made
her will May 4, 1824, and it was probated May 24,
1824. In it she mentions Noah Fowler, Jr., of
Guilford and his wife Ruth; her sister Sarah5
(Deshon) Burgis, wife of Thomas Burgis. (See
No. 228).
224 iv. Lucretia,0 b. June 10, 1761 ; d. Sept. 17, 1846, at
Norwich, Conn.; m. Feb. 19, 1783, at Norwich,
Conn., to Simeon Thomas, of Norwich, b. Dec. 13,
1753, at Norwich; d. July 2, 1834, at Norwich. He
was a son of Ebenezer Thomas (b. ; d. Oct.
16, 1774; m. Sept. 5, 1748) and his wife Deborah
Hyde (b. ; d. Oct. 5, 1803), of Norwich,
Conn.
Children: 6 (Thomas), 1 son and 5 daughters, all
b. at Norwich.
i. Frances,6 b. April 22, 1784; d. , at Col-
chester, Conn.; m. Elisha Leffingwell (see No.
391), Jan. 10, 1808, at Norwich, Conn.; 9
children,
ii. Lucretia,6 b. Oct. 17, 1785; d. , at Col-
chester, Conn. ; not m.
iii. Elizabeth,6 b. April 26, 1788; d. at Hart-
ford, Conn.; not m.
iv. Edward,6 b. April 3, 1793 ; d. , at Augusta,
Ga. ; m. Sarah J. Hutchinson ; 8 children,
v. Mary Ann,6 b. March 1 (or 18), 1797; d.
March 1, 1883, at Wilton, Conn.; m. Oct. 4,
1821, to James Nevins Hyde.
vi. Harriet Deshon,6 b. Aug. 19, 1800; d. ,
at Norwich, Conn.; not m.
The Descendants of James Rogers of New
London, p. 133, states that Lucretia6 (Deshon)
Thomas m. (2) Nicholas Loyal, but gives no fur-
ther particulars relative to this marriage. This
same authority states that her first husband was
Simeon Harris, of Norwich, Conn. This latter
statement is we know, incorrect, as her first hus-
band was Simeon Thomas (not Harris). I am in-
clined to the belief that the statement as to her sec-
ond husband is also an error, as I think the author
of James Rogers and his Descendants, got Ruth5
Deshon (No. 223) and her sister Lucretia5 Deshon
(No. 224) confused, as regards their marriages.
We know (see record No. 223) that Ruth5 Deshon
m. (1) David Harris and m. (2) Nicholas Lazelle
no
and we know that Lucretia5 Deshon (No. 224) m.
Simeon Harris. The Nicholas Loyal mentioned as
the second husband of No. 224, is we think, a con-
fusion of names with that of Nicholas Lazelle who
m. No. 223.
Nicholas Lazelle the second husband of Ruth
(Deshon) Harris, made his will dated Oct. 23,
1806, but we have no record of its date of probate
(see Guilford, Conn., probate records Vol. 17, p.
76). He may possibly have long outlived his wife
and may possibly be the Nicholas Loyal said to
have been the second husband of Lucretia5
(Deshon) Thomas, but we do not think that such
was the case. The will of Mrs. Ruth Lazelle (No.
223) was dated May 4, 1824, and proved May 24,
1824, and in it she makes no mention of her hus-
band, Nicholas Lazelle, which she undoubtedly
would have done if he had been living at that date.
Simeon Thomas did not die until July 2, 1834, and
if Lucretia5 (Deshon) Thomas (No. 224) married
a second time it must have been after July 2, 1834;
and if to Nicholas Loyal (meaning undoubtedly
Nicholas Lazelle) it was to a man who made his will
in 1806 and who was not mentioned in the will of
his wife (or rather most likely his widow) which
was dated May 4, 1824, so I conclude that Lucretia5
(Deshon) Thomas did not marry a second time.
225 v. Lydia,5 b. ; d. ; m. Sept. 10, 1789, at New
London, to James Cizane (or Cezanne), b. , at
, France; he came to Guilford, Conn., from
the Island of Guadaloupe ; he was a merchant ; d.
June 21, 1812, drowned at sea. His parentage is
as yet not determined. The New London Vital
Records state: "James Cezane a native of Mar-
seilles in France married Lydia Deshon." James
Cezanne, Nicholas Loysell and Thomas Burgis were
respectively the 5th, 6th and 22nd signers of the
membership roll of Christ Church (Episcopal) in
Guilford, Conn., on Jan. 1, 1804. Dr. Alvan Tal-
cott's manuscript record of Guilford, Conn. Fami-
lies (pages not numbered) states: "James Cezanne
of Guadaloupe, etc., drowned at sea, June 21,
1812."
Children: 3 (Cezanne), 2 sons and 1 daughter, first
b. New London, others in Guilford, Conn.
i. Lydia,6 b. May 21, 1791 ; d. . Life and
Letters of Fits Greene Halleck, p. 65, states:
"About 1808 one of Halleck's favorites was
a young girl Lydia Cezanne the daughter of a
French merchant then residing in Guilford,
Conn." Under date of February 2, 1813,
Halleck writes : "Please present my compli-
ments to Lydia Cezanne, if she still is in Guil-
ford" and : "I am sorry that Lydia is so much
occupied as to prevent her scribbling me a
line or two."
iii. Henry Deshon,6 b. April 12, 1796.
ii. James,8 b. May 15, 1794.
226 vi. Henry,5 b. , 1767; d. Feb. 10, 1800, aged 32,
of consumption at sea; no record of his marriage.
227 vii. James,5 b. , 1770; d. Dec. II, 1796, aged 26,
at Cape St. Nicholas ; no record of his marriage.
228 viii. Sarah,5 b. Feb. 27, 1772; d. Jan. 25, 1852, aged 80,
at Guilford, Conn., and was buried there in Alder-
brook Cemetery, gravestone. She is the Sarah Bur-
gis mentioned in the will of Ruth5 (Deshon) La-
zelle (see record No. 223) ; m. Feb. 14, 1793, at
Guilford, Conn., by Mr. John Elliot, to Thomas
Burgis, b. Oct. 6, 1770, at Guilford; d. May 25,
1861, at Guilford. He was a son of Thomas Bur-
gis (b. Feb. 24, 1738; d. Jan. 14, 1799; m. Aug. 9,
1769) and his wife Olive Dudley (b. June 3, 1746;
d. Aug. 13, 1813), of Guilford, Conn.
Children: 7 (Burgis), 2 sons and 5 daughters, all
b. at Guilford.
i. Ruth,8 b. Nov. 17, 1794; d. July 11, 1878; m.
May 25, 1819, to Noah Fowler; no children.
ii. Sarah,6 b. Dec. 2, 1796; d. Jan. 12, 1881 ; m.
Oct. 14, 1818, to Samuel Landon Hubbard, of
Elmira, N. Y. ; no children.
iii. Harriet,6 b. Jan. 11, 1800; d. ; not m.
iv. George Thomas,8 b. Feb. 6, 1803 ; d. Nov. 17,
1816, "idiattic"
v. Lydia Maria,6 b. July 3, 1807; d. June 16,
1808, aged 11 mo., 13 days, and was buried in
Alderbrook Cemetery, Guilford, Conn,
vi. Eliab Thomas,6 b. April 10, 1809; d. Sept. 19,
1894, at Glenburn, Me.; m. Dec. 24, 1836, at
Glenburn, Me., to Ruhamah Gould,
vii. Mary Ann Thomas,6 b. Feb. (or Jan.) 11,
1814; d. Sept. 11, 1848, at New Haven, Conn.;
m. Feb. 10. 1841, in Christ Church, Guilford.
Conn., to John B. Kirby, of New Haven,
Conn.
Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths,
Guilford, Conn., Vol. II, p. 226, gives :
"Thomas Burgis of Guilford, Conn., and
Sarah Deshon of New London were joined
in marriage by Mr. John Elliott, Minister,
February 14, 1793."
Alderbrook Cemetery Inscriptions, Guil-
ford, Conn., gives the following: "Noah
Fowler died June 10, 1850, aged 55 years," —
"Ruth (Burgis) Fowler, died July II,
1878, aged 84," — Thomas Burgis died May
25, 1861, aged 90 years, 8 months," — Sarah
(Deshon) Burgis, wife of Thomas Burgis,
died Jan. 25, 1852, aged 80," — "Lydia Maria,
daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Deshon)
Burgis died June 16, 1808, aged 11 months, 13
days."
Dr. Talcott's manuscript record of Guil-
ford Families is the authority for the date of
marriage of Ruth8 Burgis and Noah Fowler,
and for the marriage and death of Sarah8
(Burgis) Hubbard.
229 ix. Mary5 (Polly), b. ; d. ; m. May 20, 1794,
at New London, to Jonathan Brooks, of New Lon-
don.
230 x. John,5 b. Jan. 9, 1777; d. Aug. 22, 1865, at New
London ; m. Oct. 9, 1809, at , to Frances Rob-
ertson (daughter of Sarah (Packwood) Robertson,
by her first husband Patrick Robertson and whose
second husband was Daniel5 Deshon (No. 221),
she being his third wife), b. Sept. 8, 1791, at ;
d. July 6, 1857, at New London.
Children: 8 (Deshon), 5 sons and 3 daughters, all
b. in New London.
i. Frances Elizabeth,6 b. Aug. 4, 1810; d. May 11,
1865, at New London; m. March 12, 1834 (or
1835), to Benjamin Babcock Thurston, as his
second wife (whose first wife was Harriet
Elizabeth6 Deshon, dau. of Daniel5 Deshon,
No. 221, by his 3rd wife Sarah (Packwood)
Robertson), b. June 29, 1804, at Hopkinton,
R. I.; d. May 17, 1886, at New London. He
was a son of Jeremiah and Sarah (Babcock)
Thurston, of Hopkinton, R. I.
Children: 3 (Thurston), 1 son and 2 daugh-
ters.
i. Harriet Elizabeth,7 b. Sept. 20, 1836; d.
; m. July 17, 1877, to Lieut. James
Monroe Ingalls, U. S. Army, by whom
she had:
i'3
i. Fannv Robertson3 Ingalls, b. June 20,
1878.'
ii. Fanny Robertson,7 b. Feb. 15, 1839; d.
; not m.
Hi. John Deshon,7 b. Feb. 27, 1842; d. ;
Brown University, Class 1862; not m; he
was a lawyer associated with his half
brother Benjamin Francis7 Thurston.
Benjamin Babcock Thurston m. (1) March
5, 1828, at New London, Conn., to Harriet
Elizabeth6 Deshon (dau. of Daniel6 Deshon,
No. 221, by his 3rd wife Sarah (Packwood)
Robertson, of New London), b. , 1805;
d. Nov. 8, 1832, aged 27, by whom he had
Children: 2 (Thurston) sons:
i. Benjamin Francis,7 b. Nov. 27, 1829; d.
; m. Amelia Rathbone,
ii. George Edward,7 b. March II, 1831; d.
Jan. 9, 1891; Lieutenant in the Revenue
Marine Service.
ii. John James,8 b. Sept. 19, 1812; d. Sept. 28,
1883, at , Nicaragua, Central America;
m. Dec. 13, 1854, to Maria de Jesus Morales.
iii. Charles Augustus,6 b. Sept. 24, 1816; d. Sept.
25, 1875, at Mobile, Ala.; m. Aug. 15, 1850,
at Mobile, Ala., to Emeline Amanda Smoot.
iv. Giles Henry,6 b. March 28, 1820; d. Jan. I,
1883, at Meriden, Conn.; m. May 25, 1853, at
Portland, Conn., to Jane M Brainard.
v. George Theodore,6 b. Jan. 30, 1823.
vi. Sarah Jane,6 b. Jan. 18, 1827; d. Sept. 9, 1852,
at Mobile, Ala.
vii. Harriet Thurston,6 b. Jan. 12, 1830; d. ;
lived at Providence, R. I.
viii. Francis Bureau,6 b. Feb. 24, 1833; d. Jan. 21,
1888, in Nicaragua, Central America.
Authorities :
History First Church, New London, p. 491.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 216.
James Rogers and His Descendants, pp. 94-5, 133, 163-4.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 31, 33, 36-7.
Brewster Notes (Manuscript), by E. C. Brewster Jones (N. Y. Gen. &
Biog. Society), Book 3, Part A.
Vital Records, Norwich, Conn., Vol. I, pp. 268, 513-14; Vol. II, pp. 606,
674.
Nonvalk Hour, genealogical page, March 23, 1907.
Thurston Genealogy (2nd edition), pp. 544-5, 617.
Smith's History of Guilford, Conn.
ii4
Guilford, Conn.. Probate Records, Vol. 17, p. 76; Vol. 22, pp. 221-2.
Record of Births. Marriages and Deaths, Guilford, Conn., pp. 225-6, 233.
Life and Letters of Fits Greene Halleck, by Watson, pp. 65, 114, 140.
Talcott's Manuscript Record of Guilford Families (copy in N. Y. Gen. &
Biog. Society), pp. 55-6.
History of Wallingford and Meriden, Conn., p. 263.
Manuscript Harris Notes (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Society).
69. Capt. Joseph4 Deshon (Ruth3 Christophers, Hon. Rich'd.,2
Hon. Christ'r.1), b. Sept. 27, 1731 ; bap. Oct. 10, 1731, at New
London; d. Feb. n, 1814, aged 83, at Chesterfield, Ct., and bur.
there, gravestone; m. , int. pub. New London. Aug. 10,
1755, Mary Lattimer, b. April 16, 1729; bap. April 20, 1729, at
New London, Ct. ; d. March 27, 1812, aged 83, at Chesterheld,
Ct., and bur. there, gravestone. She was a dau. of Jonathan
Lattimer ( b. , 1698, about; d. ; m. April 6, 1721) and
his wife Boradel Denison (b. May 17, 1701 ; d. ), of New
London, Ct., and owned land in Chesterfield, Niantic and Black
Point, Ct.
Children: 9 (Deshon), 4 sons and 5 daughters, all b. New Lon-
don.
231. i. Joseph,5 b. , 1756; bap. Nov. 12, 1758; d.
March 7, 1759, in 3rd year; bur. Old Burying
Ground, New London, gravestone.
232. ii. Mary,5 b. Aug. — , 1758; bap. Nov. 12, 1758; d.
April 1, 1760, aged 1 y., 8 mo.; bur. Old Burying
Ground, New London, gravestone.
233. iii. Joseph,5 b. Aug. — , 1760; bap. Sept. 7, 1760; d.
June 11, 1767, aged 6 y., 10 mo.; bur. Old Burying
Ground, New London, gravestone.
234. iv. Mary,5 b. June — , 1762; bap. June 27, 1762; d.
Dec. 30, 1765, aged 3 y., 6 mo.; bur. Old Burying
Ground, New London, gravestone.
235- v- John,5 b. ; bap. June 17, 1764, at New London ;
at ; d. , at .
Miss E. C. Brewster Jones' notes on the de-
cendants in the female line of Jonathan Brewster,
in Book No. 3, Part "A" (N. Y. G. & Biog. So-
ciety), gives the record of a John Deshon, who for
a time lived in North Carolina, and removed thence
to Kentucky and thence to French Lick Springs,
Ind. ; he m. in French Lick, Ind.. Miss Nannie
? He d. in Indianapolis. Ind.. and on May 5,
1901, his widow, Mrs. Nannie Deshon, was living
at No. 519 East 4th Street, New Albany, Ind. They
had a daughter, Mrs. Julia (Deshon) Miller, who
lived on Indiana Avenue, Kankakee, 111. Miss E.
C. Brewster Jones was under the impression that
this John Deshon of French Lick Springs, Ind.,
"5
was a son of John5 Deshon (Henry,4 Daniel,3 Dan-
iel- ) ; it seems more likely, however, that he may
have been a son of the above John0 Deshon, No.
235. They had a son William Augustus Deshon.
236. vi. Moses,5 b. ; bap. June 22, 1766, at New Lon-
don ; d. . I have discovered nothing further
about this individual.
237. vii. Joanna,0 b. ; bap. Oct. 23, 1768, at New Lon-
don; d. , at ; m. , at , Sylvanus
Tinker, b. , at ; d. , at .
Children: 7 (Tinker), daughters.
i. Joanna,6 b. ; d. ; m. Nov. 12, 1821,
Nicholas Latimer, b. Chesterfield, May 4,
1798; d. Oct. 7, 1865: 1 son.
ii. Eliza,6 b. ; d. ; not m.
iii. Lucy,6 b. ; d. ; m. Israel Cove.
iv. Mary,6 b. ; d. .
v. Dau.,6 b. ; d. ; m. David Lewis.
vi. Dau.,8 b. ; d. ; m. Pellet.
vii. Dau.,6 b. ; d. ; m. Tubbs.
The authority for this entire record. No. 237, as given to Miss
E. C. B. Jones, was Mrs. Mary (Walker) Raymond, New Bedford.
Mass., under date of July 13, 1901.
238. viii. Elizabeth,5 b. ; bap. Feb. 13, 1775, at New
London ; d. , at ; m. , at , Har-
ris Tinker, b. , at ; d. , at . He
was a son of William and Lucy (Smith) Tinker.
Children: 6 (Tinker), 3 sons and 3 daughters.
-j-i. Elizabeth,8 b. Aug. 24, 1793; d. Feb. 22,
1834, at Chesterfield (Montville), Ct. ; m.
John Fitch, b. Jan. 1, 1789; d. June 21, 1872:
7 children,
ii. Harriet,6 b. ; d. ; m. Ruel R.
Strickland.
iii. Joseph,8 b. ; d. ; not m.
iv. Harris,6 b. ; d. ; m. Laura Ransom.
v. Theresa,6 b. , 1808; d. . i860, in
Chesterfield, Ct. ; m. Joseph Latimer, b.
May 10, 1798; d. : 4 children.
vi. Charles,6 b. ; d. , in infancy.
239. ix. Sarah,5 b. April 24, 1773; bap. Feb. 13, 1775, at
New London; d. Feb. 16, 1775, aged 1 y., 9 mo.,
22 d., at Chesterfield, Ct.. and was bur. there,
gravestone.
Authorities :
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 241, 653.
History First Church, New London, pp. 400, 526, 528-9, 531, 533, 536.
u6
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. n.
Prentis' Old Burying Ground Inscriptions, New London, pp. 18, 37.
History of Montville, Conn., pp. 314-5, 323-4, 389.
History of Stomngton, p. 391.
Mrs. Mary (Walker) Raymond, New Bedford, Mass., July 13, 1901 (see
E. C. B. Jones Brewster Notes).
Miss Lucretia W. Smith, No. 247 Williams Street, New London.
70. Col. Richard4 Deshon (Ruth3 Christophers, Hon. Richard,2
Hon. Christopher1), b. ; bap. Oct. 21, 1733, at New Lon-
don ; d. May 8, 1808, aged 74^2 y., at New London, Ct. ; m. Oct.
30, 1763, at New London, Mary5 (Prentis) Harris (see No.
178, widow of Peter Harris) as her second husband, b. ,
T-727-%; bap. March 26, 1737-8, at New London; d. Feb. 2,
1810, aged 72, at New London, Ct. She was a dau. of Capt.
John Prentis (b. , 1704-5; bap. Feb. 4, 1704-5; d. Jan. (or
June) — , 1746-7; m. Dec. 28, 1737), and his wife Sarah4 Chris-
tophers. No. 48 (b. March 10, 1719-20; d. Feb. 12, 1773), of
New London, Ct.
Children: 8 (Deshon), 5 sons and 3 daughters, all b. in New
London.
240. i. Richard,5 b. ; bap. Oct. 7, 1764; d. Sept. 21,
1813, at New London, aged 49.
241. ii. Christopher,5 b. ; bap. Nov. 16, 1766.
242. iii. Susannah,5 b. ; bap. April 2, 1769; d. ; m.
April 25, 1795, at New London, Christopher Grif-
fing.
243. iv. John Prentis,5 b. ; bap. Dec. 2, 1770.
244. v. Peter,5 b. , 1772; bap. Aug. 1, 1772; d. Sept.
23, 1807, aged 35 ; drowned.
245. vi. Lucy,5 b. ; bap. Oct. 30, 1774; d. ; m. Oct.
22, 1797, at New London, William Leeds.
246. vii. Sarah,5 b. ; bap. June 8, 1771.
247. viii. Joseph.5
Mary5 Prentis m. ( 1 ) . at , Capt. Peter Harris, b. May
11, 1729, at New London; bap. there May 18, 1729; he was a sea
captain and lived at New London, and d. there March 11, 1761, aged
32 y. and 10 mo., and was there bur. in Old Burying Ground, grave-
stone. He was a son of Peter Harris (b. ; d. ; m. July 3,
1726, at New London) and Mary Trueman (dau. of Joseph and
Mary (Shapley) Trueman), of New London.
Children: 3 (Harris), 2 sons and 1 daughter, all b. in New
London, see also under No. 178.
i. Peter, b. June 3, 1 760; d. July 10, 1760, aged 5 w. and 2 d.,
of smallpox, and was bur. in Old Burying Ground, New
London, gravestone,
ii. Peter Benjamin, b. ; bap. Oct. 7, 1764, at New Lon-
don, after his father's death and after his mother's second
marriage to Richard4 Deshon.
"7
iii. Mary, b. ; bap. Oct. 7, 1764, at New London, at same
time as her brother Peter Benjamin.
Authorities :
Prentis Genealogy, p. 284.
Prentis' Old New London Burying Ground Inscriptions, pp. 23, 38.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 170.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 13-26.
History First Church. New London, pp. 495, 529, 531, 533-4 536-7-
Caulkins' History of New London, pp. 337, 350.
71. Grace4 Deshon (Ruth3 Christophers, Hon. Richard,2 Hon.
Christopher1), b. Aug. 13, 1735; bap. Aug. 17, 1735, at New
London; d. , at ; m. March 12, 1758, at New London,
by Rev. Mather Byles, Joseph Chew, b. , at ; he came
to New London before 1750; d. , at , Canada, prob-
ably. He was a son of Thomas and Martha (Tayler) Chew,
of Virginia.
Child: 1 (Chew), daughter.
248. i. Frances,5 b. , 1759; d. Oct. 11. 1841, aged 82
y., and was bur. in Cedar Grove Cemetery, New
London; m. Aug. 3, 1786. at New London. Gabriel
Sistare, b. , 1754; d. Jan. II, 1820, at New
London, aged 66 v., and was there bur. in Cedar
Grove Cemetery. He was a son of Joseph Sis-
tare (or Sistera), of Barcelona. Spain, a merchant
engaged in the shipping trade from, Gibraltar and
other Spanish ports to America, who came to New
London in 1771, settled there and there d. Oct. 2,
181 5, aged 82 y. Gabriel Sistare came to New
London with his father and was a resident of New
London for 48 y.
Children: 7 (Sistare). 4 sons and 2 daughters and
1 sex not stated, all b. in New London.
i. Gabriel,8 b. May 2, 1788; d. March 10, 1813,
aged 25 y., at New London, and was bur. in
New York City,
ii. Joseph Chew,9 b. Sept. 22, 1790; d. Nov. 17,
1851, at New London, aged 61; m. May 2,
1824, Mary6 Christophers, see No. 347, b. Nov.
19, 1790; d. , 1856; dau. of Peter5 and
Abigail (Miller) Christophers, of New Lon-
don, see No. 174.
Child: 1 (Sistare) son, b. New London.
i. Charles G ,7 b. May 23, 1826; d. July 9.
1899, at New York City ; m. , at New
London. Harriet Bassett, b. May 8, 1832, at
Norwich, Conn. ; d. June 20, 1904, at New
York City.
n8
Children: 6 (Sistare), 4 sons and 2 daugh-
ters.
i. Charles G ,8 b. ; d. July 14,
1893; m. A — Justina Bishop,
ii. Julia L ,8 b. ; d. (living
1919, at New London; not m.)
iii. Robert Hallam,8 b. ; d. April 6,
1898.
iv. Horace R ,8 b. ; d. Feb. 28.
1909, at New London,
v. Fred S ,8 b. ; d. , living
1919, in Chicago, 111.
vi. Hattie B .8
iii. William Molas,6 b. July 2, 1794.
iv. Don Carlos,6 b. Aug. 5, 1797; d. June 18, 1822.
v. Maria Jeba Molas,6 b. Oct. 6, 1798; d. Aug. 11,
1846, at New London, aged 48.
vi. Child,6 b. July 25, 1800 ; d. Aug. 14, 1800,
aged 20 d.
vii. Frances," b. Nov. 10, 1801 ; d. Sept. 8, 1857, at
New London, aged 56.
Joseph Chew and Samuel Chew (sons of Thomas and Martha
(Tayler) Chew, of Virginia, came to New London before 1750.
Joseph Chew was Surveyor of the Port in New London in 1761 ; he
espoused the Loyalist side prior to and at the time of the Revolu-
tion, while Samuel Chew adhered to the Colonists. That Joseph
Chew was a turbulent character is shown from the following extracts
from Hempstead's Diary, viz. : p. 599 : "Tuesday, November 28,
1752, Joseph Chew assaulted Captain Richard Durfey on the high-
way and wounded him with a bone on the head, and bruised his
head and tore his shirt, etc.;" p. 658: "Saturday, October 25, 1755,
last night, about nine o'clock Joseph Chew and John Miller and
Lechmere and others made a very great rout and tumult, firing
guns and swearing and cursing and threatening to kill Stephen Pot-
ter and others, and was like to have killed Potter." On account of
his loyalty to the Royal Cause he was requested to leave New Lon-
don. This was a period of great disturbance between the Crown and
the Colonists on account of taxation, and as Joseph Chew was con-
nected with the New London Customs House, it was more than
likelv that his outbreaks were due to his political connections.
From Sabine's Loyalists, Vol. II, p. 495, we extract the fol-
lowing.: "Joseph Chew of New London, Conn., was a Commissary
in the Royal Service, and in 1777 was taken prisoner by a party of
Whigs at Sag Harbor," — "Joseph Chew, a magistrate of Tryon
(now Montgomery) County, N. Y., signed the declaration of Loyalty
in 1775. In 1792 he was in Canada, an official under Sir John John-
son and in correspondence with Brant in relation to pending difficul-
ties with the LTnited States." According to the late Miss Alice Chew.
"9
of New London (a great-grand-daughter of Samuel Chew, brother
of Joseph Chew;, Joseph Chew went to Canada to live; which leads
one to conclude that the above extracts from Sabine refer to Joseph
Chew, of New London.
Authorities :
History First Church, New London, p. 497.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Vol. II, p. 23.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 599, 658.
Caulkin's History of New London, pp. 463, 477, 583-4, 506, 539-40, 661.
Miss Lucretia W. Smith, Genealogist of the New London County Hist.
Soc.
Pedigree of Thomas and Lawrence Chew, by Rev. Lawrence Barkley,
Thomas Whittaker, Publisher.
Original Records in Town Clerk's Office, New London.
Or ginal Records in Library of the New London County Historical Asso-
ciation.
76. Mary* Leffingwell (Joanna3 Christophers, Hon. Richard,2
Hon. Christopher1), b. Oct. 28, 1731, at Norwich, Ct. ; d. ,
1805, at Norwich, Ct. ; m. (1) (Int. pub. New London,
Sunday, Sept. 29, 1751), at , Nathaniel Richards, b. ;
bap. Jan. 12, 1728-9, at New London; d. , at . He was
a son of Capt. George Richards (b. , 1695, at New London,
and bap. there April 7, 1695; d. Oct. 19, 1750, aged about 55
y. ; m. , before Nov. 30, 1718, as his wife was admitted to
church New London on that date, and his son John was bap.
Dec. 28, 1718; the int. of his marriage to Esther Hough was
pub. in New London, Sunday, Sept. 16, 1716) and his wife
Esther Hough (b. , 1695; bap. New London, May 12,
1695; d. ; ad. to ch. New London, Nov. 30, 1718, dau. of
Ensign John Hough of New London) of New London, Ct., of
which place he, George Richards, was sheriff.
Children: (Richards) none.
Mary4 (Leffingwell) Richards (widow of Nathaniel Richards)
m. (2) April 12, 1757, at Norwich, Ct., to Capt. William Billings,
of Norwich, Ct., b. May 8, 1734, at Norwich, Ct. ; d. , 1774, at
Dominica. West Indies, and was there bur. He was a son of Capt.
Roger Billings (b. March 9 (or 19), 1708; d. ; m. July 3, (or
20), 1729, at Stonington, Ct.) and his wife Abigail Denison (b.
, 1708; d. ) of Norwich, Ct.
Children: 6 (Billings), 2 sons and 4 daughters, all b. in Nor-
wich:
249. i. Nathaniel,5 b. Sept. 17, 1758.
250. ii. Abigail,5 b. June 23, 1760; d. March 26, 1761.
251. iii. Abigail, 2nd,5 b. June 12, 1762; d. ; m. .
1804, James Busby.
252. iv. Betsey.5 b. June 22, 1764: d. Nov. 24, 1818; m. Oct.
20, 1787, at Norwich. Bela Peck, as his first wife
(son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Carpenter) Peck, of
Norwich, Ct.), b. July 18. 1758. at Norwich; d.
Dec. 15, 1850, at Norwich, Ct., by whom she had
3 children. Bela Peck m. (2) Aug. 18, 1819, Lydia
(Shipman) Spalding (widow of Asa Spalding and
dau. of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Leffingwell)
Shipman), b. Oct. 11, 1766; d. Aug. 18, 1835, aged
68 y.
Children: (Peck) by this second marriage, none.
253. v. Richard Leffingwell,5 b. Aug. 24, 1768; d. ,
1795-
254. vi. Lucretia,5 b. ; d. ; m. Peleg Shaw.
Authorities :
Vital Records of Norwich, Ct., Vol. I, pp. 262, 354, 591-2.
Miss E. C. Brewster Jones' notes on female Brewster lines, No. 3A
(N. Y. G. & B. Society).
Morse's Genealogical Register, Vol. Ill, Richards Family, p. 95.
History of Stonington, Ct., pp. 236-7, 342.
Old Houses of Norwich, Ct., p. 516.
Chesebrough Family, pp. 39, 87-8.
Leffingwell Genealogy, pp. 47-8.
History First Church, New London, pp. 480, 490.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 206, 576.
/7. Col. Christopher4 Leffingwell (Joanna3 Christophers, Hon.
Richard,2 Hon. Christopher1), b. June 11, 1734, at Norwich,
Ct. ; he was a Colonel in the Revolutionary War, paper mill
operator, merchant, manufacturer of chocolate, fulling-mill
owner, and the first Naval Officer of Norwich in 1784 under the
new government, one of the most prominent citizens of his
native town; d. Nov. 7, 1810. at Norwich, and was there bur.;
m. (1) Jan. 20, 1760, at New London, Elizabeth Harris, b. Jan.
3, 1737-8, at New London; d. July 30, 1762, at Norwich. She
was a dau. of John Harris (b. April 18, 1715; bap. May 15,
1715; d. March 19, 1779; m. March 31, 1737) and his wife
Elizabeth Champlin (b. ; d. June 11, 1749; dau. of John
Champlin. of Lyme, Conn.) of New London, Ct.
Children: 2 (Leffingwell), daughters, both b. in Norwich.
255. i. Elizabeth,5 b. Oct. 7, 1760; d. Nov. 20, 1760, at
Norwich, and was bur. there.
256. ii. Betsy,8 b. Oct. 8, 1761 ; d. Jan. 10, 1762, at Nor-
wich, and was bur. there.
Col. Christopher4 Leffingwell m. (2) Aug. 28, 1764, at Norwich,
Elizabeth Coit, b. April 5, 1743, at New London; d. Nov. 9, 1796, at
Norwich, and was bur. there. She was a dau. of Joseph Coit (b.
Nov. 15, 1698. at New London; d. April 27, 1787, at Norwich, aged
88, and was bur. there; m. Jan. 9, 1739-40) and his second wife
Lydia Lathrop (b. , 1718; d. Jan. 10, 1794, at Norwich and was
bur. there) of New London and Norwich. Ct.
Children: 10 (Leffingwell), 3 sons and 7 daughters, all b. at
Norwich.
257. iii. William,5 b. Sept. 28, 1765; d. Oct. 23, 1834, at
New Haven; m. (i) Sept. 12, 1786, at New Haven,
by Rev. Achilles Mansheld, Sally Maria Beers
(dau. of Isaac and Mary (Mansheld) Beers, of
New Haven), b. July 13, 1765; d. . He m.
(2) Hannah Chester (dau. of Leonard and Sarah
(Williams) Chester); children, all by first mar-
riage, 7.
258. iv. Elizabeth,5 b. March 31, 1767; d. , 1830;
not m.
259. v. Lydia,5 b. April 23, 1769; d. June 6, 1772.
260. vi. Lucretia,5 b. July 20, 1770; d. ; m. , 1796,
James Cornell: 2 children.
261. vii. Joanna,5 b. Oct. 28, 1771 ; d. May 15, 1851, at New
York City; m. April 21, 1793, at Canaan, N. Y.,
by John Camp, Pastor, Charles Lathrop (son of
Azariah and Abigail (Huntington) Lathrop, of
Norwich), b. Jan. 11, 1770; d. ; 8 children.
262. viii. Lydia, 2nd,5 b. May 6, 1773; d. March 6, 1809, at
Canaan, N. Y. ; m. Feb. 5, 1793, John Whiting; 7
children. He m. (2) , 1809, Rhoda Ellsworth
(or Rohema Aylsworth), by whom he had issue.
263. ix. Christopher.5 b. Nov. 22, 1775 ; d. Aug. 9, i860, at
Kingsville, Ohio; m. May 26, 1807, at Albany,
N. Y., Margaret Chestney (dau. of James and Cor-
nelia ( ) Chestney), b. May 5, 1787, at Al-
bany, N. Y. ; d. Dec. 27, 1864, at Grand Rapids,
Mich. ; 7 children.
264. x. Daniel,5 b. Dec. 25, 1779; d. Dec. 8, 1804, at New
York City; not m. ; he was a man of rare gifts and
a friend of Washington Irving; he travelled much.
265. xi. Jerusha,5 b. March 6. 1782; d. , 1814; not m.
266. xii. Fanny,5 b. June 21, 1783 ; d. Dec. 8, 1804 (same day
as her brother Daniel,5 No. 264) ; m. , 1802.
Samuel Whiting (son of Col. William Bradford
Whiting) .
Col. Christopher* Leffingwell m. (3) Nov. 16, 1799, at New
Haven, by Timothy Dwight, President of Yale College, Mrs. Ruth
(Webster) Perit (widow of John Perit, of Norwich, Ct. ; and dau. of
Peletiah Webster, of Philadelphia. Pa.), and by this third marriage
there was no issue.
Authorities :
Leffingwell Genealogy, pp. 47-8, 58-60.
James Rogers and His Descendants, p. 00.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 24, 26.
Coit Genealogy, pp. 30-31, 51.
Ancient Houses of Norwich, Ct., p. 516.
Harris Manuscript Notes. N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Society.
Vital Records Norwich. Ct., Vol. I. pp. 385-6. 448- 455. 536-7-
78. Sarah4 Leffingwell (Joanna-1 Christophers, Hon. Richard,2
Hon. Christopher1), b. Dec. 29, 1735, at Norwich, Ct. ; d. April
26, 1790, in her 55th year, at Norwich, and was bur. there in
Old Burying Ground, gravestone ; m. Jan. 5, 1757, at Norwich,
Jonathan Starr, as his first wife, b. April 20, 1733, at Norwich;
he was a farmer and lived in Norwich until his second marriage
when he removed to Lisbon, Ct. In 1783 he was appointed one
of a committee to raise the money to buy the pews in the First
Church, Norwich; d. Nov. 21, 1793, at Lisbon, Ct., and was
bur. in Old Burying Ground, Norwich, gravestone. He was a
son of Samuel Starr (bap. New London, Nov. 5, 1699; d. Nor-
wich, July 9, 1786; m. Sept. 29, 1726) and his wife Ann Bush-
nell (b. June 2, 1705; d. Dec. — , 1796, dau. of Capt. Caleb and
Ann (Leffingwell) Bushnell. or Norwich), of New London and
Norwich, Ct.
Children: 5 (Starr), 1 son and 4 daughters, all b. in Norwich.
267. i. Joanna,5 b. July 13, 1758; d. Aug. 29, 1847; m- Jos-
eph Starr, b. Sept. 29, 1757; d. July 8, 1840, at
Nova Scotia.
268. ii. Sarah,5 b. Aug. 18, 1759; d. , 1837; m. (1)
Joshua Whipple, of Norwich, who d. , 1812;
m. (2) Thomas Abell, of Franklin, Ct.
269. iii. Elizabeth,5 b. Nov. 2, 1761 ; d. , 1821 ; m.
Moses Stevens, of Lisbon, Ct., b. Sept. 28, 1762;
d. , 1821 ; no children.
270. iv. Fanny,5 b. Oct. 15, 1764; d. Aug. 20 (or 30), 1838;
m. (1) July 27. 1788, Pemberton Baker, by whom
she had a dau. Fanny6 Baker, who d. Jan. 27, 1805,
in her 16th y. ; she m. (2) Feb. 1, 1798, at Nor-
wich, Seaburv Brewster, as his 3rd wife, b. Oct.
21, 1754: d. July 27, 1847.
271. v. Christopher.5 b. Aug. 13, 1766; d. Dec. 19, 1827;
m. (1) May 1. 1791, Olive Perkins; m. (2) Mary
Leffingwell.
Jonathan Starr m. (2) Aug. 9, 1790, at Norwich, Ct., Mrs. Mary
l Perkins) Bishop, of Lisbon, Ct. (widow of Daniel Bishop and dau.
of Dr. Joseph and Mary (Bushnell) Perkins of Norwich), b. July
11, 1735; d. ; by whom he had no issue.
Authorities :
Leffingwell Genealogy, pp. 41, 48, 60.
Starr Genealogy, by Burgess Pratt Starr (N. Y. Public Library), pp. 44,
46-7.
Miss E. C. Brewster Jones. Brewster Notes (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Society),
No. 8A.
Vital Records of Norwich, Ct., Vol. I, pp. 36, 342, 378.
Brezvster Genealogy, Vol. I, pp. 106. 106-7.
79. Capt. Benajah4 Leffingwell (Joanna3 Christophers. Hon.
Richard,2 Hon. Christopher1), b. Jan. 11, 1737-8. at Norwich;
he lived at Norwich, and was a Captain in the Revolutionary
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War, and also later a Lieut. -Colonel ; he was the Naval Officer
of Norwich in 1789; succeeding to his brother Christopher*
Leffingwell; d. Sept. 26, 1804, at Norwich, and was there bur.;
m. Aug. 16, 1764, at Norwich, Lucy Backus, b. April 19, 1738,
at Norwich; d. May 10, 1808, aged 70 y., at Norwich, and was
there bur. She was a dau. of Samuel Backus (b. Jan. 6, 1693;
d. Nov. 24, 1740; m. Jan. 18, 1716), and his wife Elizabeth
Tracy (b. April 6, 1698; d. Jan. 26, 1769; dau. of John and
Elizabeth (Leffingwell) Tracy), of Norwich, Ct.
Children: 7 (Leffingwell), 3 sons and 4 daughters, all b. in
Norwich.
272. i. Benajah,5 b. June 23, 1765; d. , 1820, at sea, of
yellow fever; m. Mary Morgan (dau. of William
and Miriam (Murdock) Morgan), who d. Sept. 8,
1801, at Norwich; 2 children.
273. ii. Lucy,5 b. Jan. 31, 1767; d. June 27, 1797, at Nor-
wich; m. Oct. 25, 1789, Seabury Brewster, as his
second wife (see also record No. 270). Seabury
Brewster m. (1) Dec. 25, 1785, Sally Bradford, of
Montville, Ct., b. Aug. 7, 1766; d. Dec. 11, 1788;
he m. (3) Fanny0 Leffingwell, see No. 270; he had
issue by all these marriages.
274. iii. Elizabeth,0 b. Oct. 8, 1768; d. Oct. 9, 1819; m.
Hezekiah Kelly, and removed to North Carolina ; 6
children.
275. iv. Joanna.5 b. Jan. 31, 1771 ; d. Feb. 21, 1771.
276. v. Richard,5 b. Oct. 4, 1773; d. ? not m.
277. vi. Mary,5 b. Nov. 21, 1775; d. ; m. Christopher
Starr as his second wife and by him had no chil-
dren.
278. vii. Oliver,5 b. Oct. 28, 1778; d. , 1798, in New
York harbor. Killed by falling from the mast-
head of a ship; not m.
Authorities :
Leffingwell Genealogy, pp. 48-61.
Old Houses of Norwich, Ct., p. 416.
Backus Genealogy, p. o.
Brezvster Genealogy, Vol. I, pp. 106, 106-8.
Vital Records of Norwich, Vol. I, pp. 410, 422.
80. Hezekiah* Leffingwell (Joanna3 Christophers, Hon. Rich-
ard,2 Hon. Christopher1), b. June 24, 1740, at Norwich ; he lived
at Norwich, Ct., and at Middletown. Vt. ; d. Oct. 9, 1811, at
Middletown, Vt., and was buried at Middletown Springs, Vt.,
gravestone; m. (1) July 26. 1761, at Norwich, Lydia Wether-
ell, b. , 1741, about; d. July 7, 1785, at Norwich, Ct. She
was a dau. of Dr. Joseph and Lydia (Turner) Wetherell. of
Taunton, Mass.
Children: 7 (Leffingwell), 3 sons and 4 daughters, all b. in
Norwich.
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279- i- Joseph,5 b. July 14, 1765; d. Nov. 4, 1796, at St.
Barts, VV. I.
280. ii. Jeremiah Wetherell,5 b. Sept. 4, 1769; d. Sept. 28,
1847, at Middletown, Vt. ; m. Dec. 24, 1795, at
Middletown, Vt., Lucy Burnham (dau. of John
Burnham, of Middletown, Vt.), b. ; d. April
10, 1853; 5 children.
281. iii. Lydia Turner,3 b. Jan. 11, 1773; d. ; m. ( 1 )
Levi Bears, Jr.; m. (2) Gregory; and had
no issue by either marriage.
282. iv. Hezekiah,5 b. March 6, 1777; d. May — , 1866, at
Henderson, N. Y. ; m. Nov. 18, 1800, at Middle-
town, Vt., Miriam Wood, b. Aug. 27, 1781 ; 4 chil-
dren.
283. v. Faith,5 b. Nov. 5, 1779; d. ; m. March 19,
1801, Abner Cone, of Groton, Tompkins Co.,
N.Y.
284. vi. Anna McBride5 (or Boyd), b. June 5, 1782; d.
; m. Jan. 25, 1808, William Wood, of Middle-
town, Vt., as his first wife, who m. Mary Leffing-
well as his second wife, and Anna Leffingwell as
his third wife.
285. vii. Sophia,5 b. May 5, 1784; d. Nov. 22, 1850; m. Jan.
29, 1807, Frederick Marsh, of Belleville, N. Y. ;
6 children.
Hezekiah4 Leffingwell m. (2) Nov. 17, 1785, at Deerfield, Mass.,
by Rev. Rogers Newton, Pastor in Greenfield, Mass., Cynthia Wil-
liams, of Deerfield, Mass.. who was b. Oct. 1, 1750 ; d. Oct. 3, 1828,
by whom he had no children.
Authorities :
Leffingwell Genealogy, pp. 48, 61-2.
Old Houses of Norwich, p. 516.
Vital Records of Norwich, Vol. I, pp. 386, 509.
82. Elisha4 Leffingwell (Joanna3 Christophers, Hon. Richard,1
Hon. Christopher1), b. Nov. 4, 1743, at Norwich, Ct. ; he lived
at Norwich and served as an Ensign in the Revolutionary War ;
d. June 4, 1804, at Norwich, Ct., and was there bur. in Old
Burying Ground, gravestone; m. June 15, 1766, at Norwich,
Alice Tracy, b. Oct. 11, 1745, at Norwich; d. Jan. 4, 1807, at
Norwich, and was there bur. in Old Burying Ground, grave-
stone. She was a dau. of Dr. Elisha Tracy (b. May 17, 1712,
at Norwich; d. May 1, 1783; m. June 16, 1743, Y. C. Class,
1738) and his first wife Lucy Huntington (b. May 28, 1722, at
Norwich; d. Oct. 12, 1751), of Norwich, Ct.
Children: 10 (Leffingwell), 4 sons and 6 daughters, all b. in
Norwich.
286. i. Dyar,5 b. April 6, 1767; d. Oct. 5, 1770.
287. ii. Lucy Huntington,5 b. Sept. 4, 1768; d. March 27.
'25
1853, at Norwich; m. March 12, 1796, Simeon
Abell, b. , 1707; d. , 1849; 3 children.
288. iii. Dyar, 2nd,5 b. Oct. 4, 1770; d. Dec. 5, 1821, at Mid-
dletown, Vt.;m. (i) June 7, 1796, Hannah Water-
man, b. April 13, 1774; d. Jan. 9, 1813, at Middle-
town, Vt. ; 5 children. He m. (2) Eunice (Sun-
derland) Brewster, dau. of John Sunderland and
widow of Uhel Brewster, of Middletown, Vt. ; 1
child.
289. iv. Sarah,5 b. Nov. xj, 1772; d. Jan. 2, 1846, at Milton,
Wis.; m. Feb. 3, 1799, Roswell Culver (son of
Jonathan and Hannah (Huntington) Culver) b.
Nov. 25, 1775, at Norwich; d. ; 4 children.
290. v. Alice,-"' b. Aug. 8, 1775; d. Dec. 12, 1848, at Boz-
rah, Ct. ; m. May 21, 1795, Henry Tracy (son of
Frederick and Deborah (Thomas) Tracy, of Nor-
wich, Ct.) ; 8 children.
291. vi. Elisha,8 b. Feb. 28, 1778; d. soon after Oct. 24,
1824, at sea; m. Jan. 10, 1808, Frances Thomas
(dau. of Simeon and Lucretia (Deshon) Thomas),
see No. 224, b. April 22, 1784; d. April 7, 1864, at
Colchester, Ct. ; 9 children.
292. vii. Nancy,5 b. Feb. 15, 1781 ; d. July 12, 1835, at Bos-
ton, Mass. ; m. Sept. 8, 1814, at Bozrah, Ct., Ne-
hemiah Huntington (son of Elijah and Lydia
(Baldwin) Huntington, of Bozrah) ; 4 children.
293. viii. Lucretia,5 b. Nov. 14, 1782; d. , 1816; m. Dec.
25, 1803, Elijah Huntington (brother of the above
Nehemiah Huntington) ; 3 children.
294. ix. Martin,5 b. Oct. — , 1784; d. Aug. 31, 1819, at sea;
m. March — , 1819, Mary Thomas ; no children.
295. x. Philura Tracy.5 b. Oct. 2, 1790; d. Oct. — , 1802;
not m.
Authorities :
Leffingwell Genealogy, pp. 48, 62-3, 87-95.
Brewster Genealogy, Vol. I, p. 416.
Vital Records of Norwich, Ct., p. 438.
85. Lucretia4 Leffingwell (Joanna3 Christophers, Hon. Rich-
ard,2 Hon. Christopher1), b. Oct. 29, 1749, at Norwich, Ct. ; d.
, at ; m. (1) March 19, 1770, at Norwich, Capt. Henry
Billings, of Norwich, Ct., b. , 1746; d. , 1797, at Port
au Paix ; he was a sea captain and was active in the Revolution-
ary War. He was a son of Capt. Roger Billings (b. March 9
(or 19), 1708; d. ; m. July 3 (or 20), 1729) and his wife
Abigail Denison (b. ; d. ), of Norwich, Ct.
Children: 6 (Billings), 4 sons and 2 daughters, all b. at Nor-
wich.
296. i. Dudley,5 b. June 16, 1771.
297. ii. Henry,5 b. July 2, 1772.
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298. iii. Charles,5 b. Dec. 24, 1774; d. , young.
299. iv. Lucretia,5 b. May 29, 1776.
300. v. Mary,5 b. Nov. 6, 1777; d. Nov. 7, 1777.
301. vi. Charles, 2nd,5 b. June 16, 1781.
Lucretia4 (Leffingwell) Billings m. (2) Deacon Thomas Brown,
of Hebron, Ct.
Authorities :
Leffingwell Genealogy, p. 48.
Old Houses of Norwich, p. 418.
Vital Records of Norwich, Vol. I, pp. 503-4.
87. Capt. John4 Braddick (Lucretia3 Christophers, Hon. Richard,2
Hon. Christopher1), b. ; bap. May 7, 1732, at New London ;
he lived at New London and was a sea captain; d. , at
m. , int. pub. New London, Dec. 2, 1753, Margaret
(Pegee) Douglass, b. Oct. 4, 1735; bap. Nov. 9, 1735, at New
London ; d. , at . She was a dau. of William Douglass
(b. Jan. 1, 1708, at New London; d. Nov. 12, 1787; m. March
4> I73°-3l, at New London) and his wife Sarah Denison (b.
June 20, 1710; d. May 12, 1797), of New London, Ct.
Children: ? (Braddick). I have secured no record of any
children by this marriage.
Caulkins' History of New London, p. 476, states: "September
26, 1760, John Braddick will sail for New York in about six days.
For freight or passage agree with him at his home," October 10,
1760, under head of "Custom House clearings," we find, "Braddick
for New York."
The Vital Records of Norwich, Ct., Vol. I, p. 530, states : "Nor-
wich, Conn., January 5, 1785, John Braddick of New London and
Mary Fountain of Norwich were married by Rev. Matthew Graves
of New London on the 24 day of May, 1767, in presence of Eliza-
beth Waterman. Jonathan Lester, Timothy Parker and Deborah
Parker. Entered on Record January 10, 1785, per Benjamin Hunt-
ington. Town Clerk." This record may be that of a second mar-
riage of the above John Braddick who married Margaret Douglass.
Authorities :
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 231, 296, 620.
History First Church, New London, p. 499.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. 15.
Douglass Genealogy, p. 84.
History of Stonington, Ct., p. 341.
Caulkins' History of New London, pp. 271, 363, 476.
Vital Records of Norwich, Vol. I, p. 530.
95. Andrew4 Palmes (Lucy3 Christophers, Hon. Richard,2 Hon.
Christopher1), b. April 9, 1738, at New London.
I have secured no further information concerning this indi-
vidual.
Authority :
Miss E. C. Brewster Jones' Notes on female lines of Brewsters (N. Y.
Gen. and Biog. Society), Book No. 3, Part A.
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98. Elizabeth4 Palmes (Lucy3 Christophers, Hon. Richard,2 Hon.
Christopher1), b. , 1751 (see age at and date of death) ; d.
Aug. 29, 1803, at Norwich, aged 52 y., and was there bur. in
old graveyard ("up town"), gravestone; m. (1) Feb. 10, 1775,
at Norwich, Dr. Joseph Coit, b. Sept. 23, 1750, at New London;
he lived at Hartford. Conn., and was a physician and in the drug
business in partnrship with Sol. Smith; d. Dec. 18, 1779, at Nor-
wich, and was there bur. in Old "uptown" burying ground;
gravestone. He was a son of Joseph Coit (b. Nov. 15, 1698;
d. April 2j, 1787; m. Jan. 9, 1739-40) and his second wife
Lydia Lathrop (b. April 10, 1718; d. Jan. 10, 1794), of New
London and Norwich, Ct.
Children: 2 (Coit), 1 son and 1 daughter.
302. i. Elizabeth,5 b. Feb. 2, 1777, at Hartford; d. March
27, 1810; m. 1798. at Norwich, Nathaniel
Howland.
303. ii. Solomon,' b. Dec. 21, 1779; d.. Dec. — > I779-
Elizabeth4 (Palmes) -Coit, m. (2) Oct. 15, 1780, at Norwich
(probably) William Coit (as his second wife), b. Feb. 13, 1735, at
; he lived at Norwich, and was a ship-master and merchant ; d.
Nov. 16, 182 1, aged 86 y., 6 mo., and was there bur. in old "up
town" burying ground, gravestone. He was a son of Col. Samuel
Coit (b. — — , 1708. at Plainfield, Ct. ; d. Oct. 4, 1792, at Preston,
Ct. ; m. March 30, 1730) and his first wife Sarah Spalding, of Pres-
ton, Ct.
Children: (Coit) None.
William Coit m. (1) March 21, 1759, at , Sarah Lathrop, b.
Oct. 2, 1725; d. Feb. 21, 1780. She was a dau. of Ebenezer and
Lydia (Leffingwell) Lathrop, of Norwich, Ct.
Children: 9 (Coit), 4 sons and 5 daughters, all b. in Norwich.
Not in Christophers tine.
2. William, b. April 27, 1761. 6. Daniel, b. April 2, 1768.
3. Elisha, b. Dec. 22, 1762. 7. Levi, b. April 24, 1770.
4. Sarah, b. Feb. 11, 1765. 8. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 11, 1772.
1. Abigail, b. Jan. 26, 1760. 9. Lucy, b. Sept. 9, 1773.
5. Lydia, b. Sept. 4, 1766.
Authorities :
Coit Genealogy, pp. 32, 52, 62, 105.
E. C. Brewster Jones, Brewster Notes (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Society), Book
No. 3, Part A.
Vital Records of Norwich, Ct., Vol. I, pp. 66. 07, 385, 497- 501.
FIFTH GENERATION.
147. Elizabeth5 Christophers (Elizabeth4 Manwaring, Esther*
Christophers, Lieut. John,2 Hon. Christ'r1), b. Nov, 27, 1764, at
New London (or Black Point), Ct.; d. June 18, 1851, aged 87; m.
June 12, 1786, at New London, Ebenezer Holt, Jr., b. Aug. 15,
128
1760, at New London; he served in the Revolutionary War; d.
Jan. 30, 1835, aged 75. He was a son of Ebenezer Holt (b. July
25, 1733, at New London; d. Aug. 19, 1820, aged 87; m. Nov. 4,
1759, at New London) and Joanna Harris (b. March 22, 1739; d.
Jan. 12, 1775, m ner 36th year), of New London, Ct.
Children: 1 1 (Holt), 4 sons and 7 daughters, all b. in New London.
304. John Christophers,6 b. May 2, 1787; d. July 29, 1809, at
Martinique, VV. I., aged 22.
305. Lucretia Christophers,6 b. Jan. 3, 1789; m. Feb., 1815, James
Allen of Montville, Ct., and afterwards of Stockton, Cal.
306. Christopher,6 b. June 10, 1790; d. April 12, 1822.
307. Joanna,6 b. Dec. 25, 1791; d. July 30, 1793.
+308. Joanna, 2nd,8 b. Jan. (or Dec.) 21, 1794; d. Oct. 27, 1846,
aged 52; m. March, 1816, Jason A. Rodgers.
309. Elizabeth Christophers,6 b. Feb. 6, 1796; m. Dec. 31, 1816,
Lester T. Fox.
310. Mary Mumford,6 b. March 4, 1798; m. Enoch D. Ames, as
his first wife.
311. Abby Starr,6 b. Jan. 23, 1800; m. Feb. 5, 1832, Enoch D.
Ames, as his second wife.
-I-3 12. Francis William,6 b. Jan. 6, 1802; m. Jan. 4, 1832, Janette
Harris (dau. of Dyer and Lucinda ( ) Harris of New
London); 6 children.
313. Caroline,8 b. Jan. 3 1, 1804; m. Charles A. Clark.
314. Ebenezer,6 b. Sept. 27, 1805; d. Aug. 26, 1819, aged 14.
See also records Nos. 177 and 357 to 367, inclusive.
Authorities:
Caulkin's History of New London, pp. 317-318.
History of First Church, New London, p. 485.
Holt Genealogy, by D. S. Durrie ( 1864), pp. 237, 242, 255.
161. Sarah5 Hamlin (Mary4 Christophers, Hon. Capt. Christ'r,8
Hon. Rich'd,2 Hon. Christ'r1), b. Aug. 3, 1730, at Middletown, Ct.;
d. March 14 (or 15), 1799, at Middletown, Ct.; m. Jan. 16, 1752,
at Middletown, Gen. Comfort Sage, b. Aug. 22, 1731, at Middle-
town Upper Houses, Ct., he lived at Middletown, Ct.; he was a
merchant and Justice of the Peace, served in the Connecticut
Assembly 1 776-1 786, excepting a few years; he was a Colonel
and afterwards a General in the Revolutionary War; d. March
14 (or 15), 1799, late in the day, at Middletown. Both he and
his wife were bur. in the family tomb in Middletown. He was
a son of Ebenezer Sage (b. 1709; d. Nov. 26, 1748; m. Oct. 22,
1730) and his wife Hannah Coleman (b. Sept., 1704, at Middle-
town; dau. of Lieut. John Coleman). Ebenezer Sage lived at
Middletown Upper Houses, Ct., and was a blacksmith.
Children: 13 (Sage), 6 sons and 6 dau's., and 1 sex not stated, all
b. at Middletown, Ct.
315. Mary,6 b. Jan. 30, 1753; m. Jan. 8, 1775, Edward Hallem of
New London.
316. Ebenezer,6 b. May 22, 1754.
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317- Sarah,8 b. Jan. 14, 1756; m. Aug. 6, 1780, Maj. Samuel John-
ston.
318. Jabez.8 b. Dec. 28, 1757; d. at Horse's Neck, in the Revolu-
tionary Army.
319. a child,8 b. April 14, 1758.
320. Michael,8 b. July 24, 1759 ; d. on prison ship in Revolutionary
War.
321 . Esther,8 b. June 14, 1761 ; d. Sept. 17, 1762.
322. Esther, 2nd,8 b. Apr. 5, 1763; d. May 3, 1857; m. Aug. 28,
1783, Dr. Stephen Ranney, of Middletown, Ct. : 9 children.
323 . George Hamlin,6 b. Jan. 23, 1765 ; not m.
324. Comfort8, b. Feb. 3, 1767; d. Feb. 3, 1786.
325. Hannah,8 b. Jan. 28, 1769; m. April 3, 1790, Gurdon Salton-
stall of New London.
326. Christopher,8 b. Sept. 19, 1771 ; not m.
327. Abigail,8 b. Sept. 5, 1774; d. Aug. 3, 1864; m. Eleazer Hub-
bard, Oct. 7, 1801, he was b. Jan. 4, 1775, at Tolland, Ct. ; d.
Sept. 16, 1819, at Davidsonville, Ark.; he was a lawyer and
removed to Claremont, N. H., and later to Windsor, Vt., and
to Montreal, Canada, in 1815. He became a judge in Arkan-
sas, in which state he died of yellow fever. His widow, No.
327, returned to Middletown, where she d. For record of
their children see Middletown Upper Houses, pp. 632, 636-7.
Authorities :
Middletown Upper Houses, 220-25, 626-9, 632-6.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book VI, pp. 100, 103, 105, no.
History of First Church, New London, p. 545.
166. Sarah5 Christophers (Christ'r,4 Hon. Capt. Christ'r,3 Hon.
Rich'd,2 Hon. Christ'r1), b. April 9, 1745, at New London; d. Dec.
t3, 1803 ; m. Aug. 11, 1763, at New London, Henry Latimore (Lati-
mer), b. Feb. 28, 1737, at Chesterfield, Ct. ; bapt. May 15, 1737, at
New London ; d. Feb. 18, 1825. He was a son of Jonathan Lattimore
(b. 1698; bapt. Sept. 5, 1703, at New London; m. April 6, 1721, at
New London) and Boradil Denison (b. May 17, 1 701, at New Lon-
don; d. 1798, at Mystic, Ct.) of New London, Ct., and owned land in
Chesterfield, Ct., and on the Mystic River.
Children: 8 (Latimer), 3 sons and 5 dau's. all bapt. at New London.
328. Sarah,8 bapt. June 10, 1764.
329. Henry,8 bapt. Sept. 29, 1765.
330. Elizabeth,6 bapt. Nov. 2, 1766.
331 . Christopher,6 bapt. Nov. 5, 1769.
332. Lydia,8 bapt. Aug. 18, 1770.
333. Mary,8 bapt. Nov. 19, 1775.
334. David,6 bapt. Sept. 14, 1777.
+335- Jerusha,6 b. July 23, 1786; d. Aug. 18, 1885, at Norwich,
N. Y. ; m. Henry Bradford Latham.
Authorities :
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, Chart between pp. 84-5.
Hempstead's Diary, p 319.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. II, 26.
i3o
History of First Church, Nczv London, pp. 529-31, 533-4, 536-7.
Emma C. Brewster Jones Brewster Notes (N. Y. Gen. & B. Soc), Book
No. 6, last entry.
History of Montville. Ct., p. 314.
History of Stonington, Ct., pp. 339, 341.
History of New London, p. 335.
168. Joseph5 Christophers (Christ'r,4 Hon. Capt. Christ'r,3 Hon.
Rich'd,2 Hon. Christ'r1), bapt. Oct. 30, 1748, at New London,
Ct. ; he is said to have lived at Pownalborough, Me. ; m. Lydia5 Mum-
ford, No. 200, d. nearly 100 years old, at Calais, Me. She was a dau.
of James Mumford (b. Feb. 7, 1715; d. 1773, at New London, son
of George and Mary (Robinson) Mumford, of Fisher's Island and
New London, Ct.) and his wife Sarah4 Christophers, No. 55 (b. Dec.
6, 1719; bapt. Dec. 13, 1719, at New London; d. after 1801) of New
London, Ct.
Children: ? (Christophers) at least one dau. and perhaps others.
+336. Lydia,8 b. Dec. 27, 1775, at Liverpool, Nova Scotia; d. Dec.
23, 1799 ; m. April, 1797, Capt. Job Choate, as his first wife.
Authorities :
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, Chart between pp. 84-5.
History of First Church, New London, p. 517.
Choates in America, pp. 62, 116.
Mumford Memoirs, p. 68.
169. Elizabeth8 Christophers (Christ'r,4 Hon. Capt. Christ'r,8
Hon. Rich'd,2 Hon. Christ'r1), b. 1749-50; bapt. Jan. 7, 1749-50, at
New London; d. Sept. 30, 1825, at New London; m. Nov. 24, 1783,
Ichabod Wetmore, as his second wife, b. Aug. 17, 1734, at Middle-
town, Ct. He was a sea captain in early life ; warden of P. E. Church,
Middletown; d. May 27, 1807, at Middletown, Ct. He was a son of
Jeremiah Wetmore (b. Middletown, Nov. 8, 1703 ; d. there Oct. 2,
1753; m- Feb. 25, 1724-5) and his wife Abigail Butler of Wethers-
field, Ct. (bapt. Aug. 6, 1704, at Wethersfield) of Middletown, Ct.
Children: 5 (Wetmore), 1 son and 4 dau's. all b. Middletown.
+337. Elizabeth,6 b. Oct. 23, 1784; d. Oct. 25, 1808; m. John Hins-
dale.
'-^338. Maria,6 b. May 28, 1786; m. Andrew Mather.
339. Harriet Lydia,6 b. Oct. 27, 1787; m. Benjamin Williams,
July 19, 1807, and lived at New London, Ct.
340. Sarah Christophers,6 b. Mar. 9, 1789 ; d. Oct. 13, 1805 ; not m.
4-341 . Ichabod, 2nd,8 b. Mar. 14, 1792 ; d. Oct. 7, 1857; m. Elizabeth
Ann Badger.
Ichabod Wetmore m. (1) Nov. 10, 1757, Elizabeth Starr, b. July
13, 1729, at Groton, Ct. ; d. March 12, 1778, at Middletown, Ct. She
was a dau. of Jonathan Starr (b. Aug. 19, 1705 ; d. Feb. 18, 1795 ; m.
Oct. 10, 1728) and his wife, Mary Seabury (b. Nov. 11, 1708; d. Nov.
13, 1807) of New London, Ct.
Child: 1 (Wetmore) son, b. at Middletown, Ct. Not in Christophers
line.
1 . Ichabod, b. Feb. 1, 1759; d. Aug. 9, 1786; not m. ; Yale Col-
lege, 1778.
i3i
Authorities:
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, Chart between pp. 84-5.
IVetmore Memorial, pp. 440-5, 452-4.
Stiles' Ancient Wethers field, Vol. II, p. 176.
E. C. Brewster Jones, Brewster Notes, No. 8a.
173. Mary5 Christophers (John,4 Hon. Capt. Christ'r,8 Hon.
Rich'd,2 Hon. Christ'r1), b. May 10, 1746; bapt. May n, 1746, at
New London ; d. July 4, 1791, at Middletown, Ct., and was there bur. ;
m. Nov. 6, 1774, at New London, Ct., Capt. Josiah Lee, b. 1735; he
lived at Middletown, Ct. He was a son of Jedediah Lee (b. Feb. 1,
1697, at Northampton, Mass.; d. 1748, estate inventoried £925 I3sh;
m. Sept. 6, 1722) and his wife Lucy ? (whose estate was admin-
istered June 13, 1750) of Willington, Ct.
Children: ? (Lee) I have found no record of any children by this
marriage.
A Josiah Lee's name is found on the pay rolls of the French and
Indian War: — "1756 pay for 5 weeks and 5 days £5, 17. 4: — 1759
pay for 35 weeks, £15-3-5^: both payments for services under
Capt. Moses Hobby on both expeditions."
A Josiah Lee and John Lee were taken prisoners on the Schooner
Rainbow on the Grand Banks in 1758. [This Josiah Lee may be the
husband of No. 173, — who the John Lee is is as yet not determined.]
(See N. E. H. G. Register, Vol. XIV, p. 273) .
Jedediah Lee was a son of David and his first wife Lydia ( Strong)
Lee of Coventry, Ct. David Lee was b. 1674; d. 1759, aged 85, at
Coventry, Ct. ; m. Sept. 5, 1695, Lydia Strong (dau. of Jedediah
Strong and his first wife Freedom Woodward), who d. July 16, 1718.
Jedediah Strong m. (2) Mary (Hart) Lee, widow of John1 Lee;
hence Lydia Strong, the wife of David Lee, was the stepsister of her
husband. David Lee moved to Northampton, Mass., from Farming-
ton, Ct., with his mother after she m. Jedediah Strong as his second
wife; he then removed to Lebanon in 1729 and later to Coventry,
Ct. David Lee was a son of John1 Lee of Farmington by his wife
Mary Hart.
Authorities :
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, Chart between pp. 84-5, 153.
Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. 30.
John Lee of Farmington, Ct., and his descendants, 1st edition, p. 114; 2nd
edition, pp. 401-3.
174. Peters Christophers (John,4 Hon. Capt. Christ'r,3 Hon.
Rich'd,2 Hon. Christ'r1), b. Jan. 6 (or 7), 1747-8; bapt. Jan. 10,
1747-8, at New London; he lived at New London and d. there Feb.
19, 1829, aged 81 and was bur. in Old Burying Ground, gravestone ;
he m. (1) Feb. 9, 1777, at New London, Abigail Miller, b. 1760, about
(see age at and date of death) ; d. May 3, 1791, in her 31st y. at New
London and was bur. there in Old Burying Ground, gravestone. She
was a dau. of John Miller (will dated New Haven, Feb. 10, 1770;
sworn to by witnesses April 11, 1770; proved April 16, 1770; m. Nov.
28, 1770, at New London) and his wife Lucy Starr (bapt. New Lon-
don, Aug. 11, 1728; dau. of Benjamin Starr of New London) of
Wethersfield and New Haven, Ct.
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Children : 6 (Christophers) , 2 sons and 4 dau's. all b. in New London.
342. John,8 b. March, 1779; d. April 2, 1784, at New London.
+343. Lucy,8 b. Sept. 18, 1780; m. June 22, 1806, Orlando Hallam.
-j-344. Sally,6 b. March 21, 1782; m. June 24, 1817, Dr. Isaac
Thompson of New London as his second wife, see also No.
353-
345. Abigail,8 b. 1784; d. aged 3 mo.
346. John,8 b. Aug. 8, 1788 ; d. 1821, at Montgomery, Ala., aged 33.
-(-347. Mary,8 b. Nov. 19, 1790; d. 1856; m. Joseph Chew" Sistare
(see No. 248).
Peter5 Christophers m. (2) April 2, 1792, at New London, Re-
becca W. Saltonstall, b. March 4, 1764; bapt. April 1, 1764, at New
London ; in her baptismal record her name is given simply as Rebecca,
no mention of the initial W is there recorded. If the W belonged to
her name it stood for either Winthrop or Wanton. She was a dau. of
Winthrop Saltonstall (b. June 10, 1737, at New London ; bapt. there
June 12, 1737, Yale College, Class 1756; d. July 11. 181 1, in his 75th
year at New London; m. April 17, 1764, by Rev. Jeremiah Learning)
and his wife Anne Wanton (b. 1734; d. 1784, aged 50; dau. of Gov.
Joseph and Mary (Winthrop) Wanton, of Newport, R. I.) of New
London, Ct.
Children: 2 (Christophers), 1 son and 1 dau. both b. at New London.
+348. Richard Peter,6 b. Jan. 7, 1793; d. 1829, in his 37th y.; m.
Chapman.
349. Anne,6 b. Aug. 31, 1796.
Authorities :
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, Chart between pp. 84-5.
History of First Church, New London, pp. 490, 500, 529.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 320.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 22, 32.
Dexter' s Yale Biographies, Vol. 1745-1763, pp. 429-30; Vol. 1805-1815, p.
632.
New London Town Records, Vol. II, p. 73.
Miss Lucretia W. Smith, genealogist of the New London County Hist.
Ass'n.
New London Probate Records, Vol. J (or I), pp. 75-6.
175. Lucretia5 Christophers (John/ Hon. Capt. Christ'r,8 Hon.
Rich'd,1 Hon. Christ'r1), b. Jan. 19, 1749-50; bapt. Jan. 21, i749-5°i
at New London; d. March 19, 1825, at New London and was bur. in
the Second Burying Ground ; remains were transferred later to the
Thatcher lot in Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London, altar tombstone ;
m. May 13, 1770, at New London, John Mumford, Jr., b. Dec. 3, 1740,
at South Kingston, R. I. ; he was a large land owner in Salem, Ct., and
lived there at Elm Grove Farm; he came to Salem with his father
when 19 years old ; he was probably for a time employed with his
father in taking care of the large estate of Col. William Browne in
that locality; d. July 14, 1825, at New London at the home of his
daughter Lucretia Christophers8 Mumford, the wife of Anthony
Thatcher, and was bur. in the Second Burying Ground ; his remains
were later transferred to Cedar Grove Cemetery and re-interred in the
Thatcher plot; altar tombstone still existing in 1919. He was a son
of John Mumford (b. 1712, about; d. June (or July) 1796, at Salem,
133
Ct. ; m. 1735) and his wife Elizabeth Perkins (b. March 24, 1713;
dau. of Abraham and Tabitha (Niles) Perkins of North Kingston,
R. I.) of South Kingston. R. L, and Salem, Ct., after 1759.
Children : 7 ( Mumford) daus., all b. at Salem, Ct.
-j-350. Elizabeth,0 b. March 25, 1771 ; d. Feb. 21, 1795, aged 24; m.
Nathaniel Shaw Woodbridge, as his first wife.
+351. Mary,6b. Apr. 17, 1774 ; d. March 22 (or 25), 1830 ; m. Hon.
Elias Perkins as his second wife.
352. Lucretia,6 b. Dec. 15, 1775 ; d. Aug. 30, 1780, aged 4 y. 8 m.
+353- Catherine.8 b. Aug. 22, 1777; d. Aug. 20, 1816, aged 39; m.
Dr. Isaac Thompson as his first wife.
354. Sarah,9 b. July 5, 1870; d. July 21, 1780, aged 16 d.
+355. Lucretia Christophers,8 b. Aug. 10, 1785 ; d. Apr. 6, 1871 ; m.
Anthony Thatcher.
356. Abigail Christophers,6 b. July 27, 1791 ; d. Oct. 10, 1804, aged
14 y.
Authorities :
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm-, Charts between pp. 68-0 and between
84-5 and text under Mumford and Christophers families.
Thacher-T hatcher Genealogy, by John R. Totten, Ar. Y. Gen. & Biog.
Record, 1910-1918.
177. Elizabeth5 Christophers (John,* Hon. Capt. Christ'r,*
Hon. Rich'd,2Hon. Christ'r1), b. Nov. 27, 1764; d. June 18, 1851,
aged 87, at New London, Ct. (probably) m. June 12, 1786, Ebenezer
Holt, Jr., b. Aug. 15 1760, at New London ; he lived in New London
and served in the Revolutionary War; d. Jan. 30, 1835, aged 75, at
New London (probably). He was a son of Ebenezer Holt (b. July
25, 1733 ; bapt. July 29, 1733, at New London; d. Aug. 19, 1820, aged
87, at New London ; m. Nov. 4, 1759) and his wife Joanna Harris (b.
March 22, 1739; d. Jan. 12, 1775, in her 36th year) of New Lon-
don, Ct.
Children: 11 (Holt), 4 sons and 7 daus., all b. in New London.
357. John Christophers,6 b. May 2, 1787; d. July 29, 1809, at
Martinique, W. I., aged 22.
358. Lucretia Christophers.6 b. Jan. 3, 1789; m. James Allen of
Montville, Ct., and later of Stockton, Cal.
359. Christopher,6 b. June 10, 1790; d. April 22, 1822.
360. Joanna, 1st,6 b. Dec. 25, 1791 ; d. July 30, 1793.
+361. Joanna, 2nd,8 b. Jan. (or Dec.) 25, 1794; d. Oct. 27, 1846.
aged 52; m. Jason A. Rodgers (or Rogers).
362. Elizabeth Christophers,8 b. Feb. 6, 1796; m. Lester T. Fox.
363. Mary Mumford,8 b. March 4, 1798; m. Enoch D. Ames as
his first wife.
364. Abby Starr,6 b. Jan. 23, 1800; m. Enoch D. Ames, as his
second wife.
-f-365. Francis William,8 b. Jan. 6, 1802; m. Janette Harris.
366. Caroline,6 b. July 31, 1804; m. Charles H. Clark.
367. Ebenezer,8 b. Sept. 27, 1805 ; d. Aug. 26, 1819, aged 14 y.
In this connection see also records Nos. 147 and 304 to 314, inch
Authorities :
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, Charts between pp. 84-5 and p. 150.
*34
Hempstead's Diary, p. 262.
Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. 23.
Holt Genealogy, pp. 237, 242, 245.
James Rogers and his Descendants, p. 99.
178. Mary5 Prentis (Sarah4 Christophers, Hon. Capt. Christ'r,'
Hon. Rich'd,2 Hon. Christ'r1), b. 1737-8; bapt. March 26, 1737-8, at
New London; m. (1) Capt. Peter Harris, b. May 11. 1729; bapt. May
18, 1729, at New London; he was a sea captain; d. March 11, 1761,
age 32 y. 10 m. of smallpox, at New London (probably) and was
there bur. in Old Burying Ground, gravestone. He was a son of
Peter Harris (b. Jan. 24, 1700; bapt. May 26, 1700, at New London;
d. Feb. 4, 1775, in 75th year of his age; m. July 3, 1726, at New
London) and his wife Mary Trueman (bapt. Sept. 3, 1704, at New
London; dau. of Joseph and Mary (Shapley) Trueman, of New
London) of New London.
Children: 3 (Harris), 2 sons and 1 dau. all b. in New London.
i. Peter,6 b. June 3, 1760; d. July 10, 1760, aged 5 w. and 2 d. of
smallpox and was bur. in Old Burying Ground, New London,
ii. Peter Benjamin,6 bapt. Oct. 7, 1764, at New London after death
of his father and after his mother's second marriage.
iii. Mary,6 bapt. Oct. 7, 1764, at New London after death of her
father and after her mother's second marriage.
Mary5 (Prentis) Harris, widow of Capt. Peter Harris, m. (2)
Oct. 30, 1763, at New London, Richard4 Deshon (No. 70), bapt. Oct
2I> l733> at New London. He was a son of Daniel Deshon (b. 1697
d. 1781 ; m. Oct. 7, 1724) and his wife Ruth3 Christophers (see No.
23) (b. Sept. 26, 1704-5 ; d. Jan. 6, 1775) of New London, Ct.
Children: 8 (Deshon), 5 sons and 3 daus. all b. in New London,
i. Richard,6 bapt. Oct. 7, 1764.
ii. Christopher6, bapt. Nov. 16, 1766.
iii. Susannah,6 bapt. April 2, 1769; m. April 25, 1795, Christopher
Griffing.
iv. John Prentis,6 bapt. Dec. 2, 1770.
v. Peter,6 bapt. Aug. 1, 1772.
vi. Lucy6, bapt. Oct. 30, 1774; m. Oct. 22, 1797. William Leeds,
vii. Sarah,6 bapt. June 8, 1777.
viii. Joseph.8
In this connection see also Nos. 70 and 240 to 247, inch
Authorities :
Prentis Genealogy, p. 284.
Prentis' Old Burying Ground Inscriptions, New London, pp. 23, 38.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 170.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 13, 26.
History of First Church, New London, pp. 495, 529, 531, 533-4, 536-7.
Harris Manuscript Notes, N. Y., Gen. & Bio. Soc.
179. Elizabeth5 Prentis (Sarah4 Christophers, Hon. Capt.
Christ'r, 3 Hon. Rich'd,2 Hon. Christ'r1), bapt. Oct. 21, 1739, at New
London; d. 1791, about, aged 52, at New London and was there bur.
in Old Burying Ground, gravestone; m. June 7, 1761, at New Lon-
don, Samuel Latimer, Jr., bapt. Feb. 18, 1732, at New London; d.
'35
June 7, 1808, aged 75, at New London and was there bur. in Old
Burying Ground, gravestone. He was a son of Samuel Latimer who
m. July 11, 1723, at New London, at home of bride's mother, Eliza-
beth Hallam (b. Feb. 22, 1701-2. in Parish of St. John, Wapping,
near Wapping New Stairs, London, Eng.) of New London, Ct.
Children: 5 (Latimer) sons, all b. in New London,
i. Samuel,8 bapt. March 27, 1763; d. young,
ii. John,0 bapt. Oct. 7, 1764; d. Oct. 29, 1764, and was bur. in Old
Burying Ground, New London, gravestone,
iii. John, 2nd,0 bapt. Dec. 1, 1765; d. Dec. 19, 1794, aged 29, and
was bur. in Old Burying Ground, New London, gravestone,
iv. George Grey,6 bapt. April 2, 1769.
v. Samuel, 2nd,6 bapt. Jan. 6, 1770; d. Oct. 20, 1771, aged in 10th
m. and was bur. in Old Burying Ground, New London, grave-
stone.
AUTHOKITIES :
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 12, 24.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 132, 184-5.
Caulkin's History of New London, p. 359.
History of First Church, New London, pp. 489, 494, 528,. 530-1, 533-4.
Old Graveyard Inscriptions, New London, by Prentis, p. 24.
181. Sarah5 Prentis (Sarah4 Christophers, Hon. Capt. Christ'r/
Hon. Rich'd,2 Hon. Christ'r1), bapt. Dec. 27, 1741, at New London;
d. May 18, 1813, at New York City; m. Dec. 18, 1763, at New Lon-
don, Capt. William Coit, b. Nov. 26, 1742, at New London; he lived
in New London ; he was a sea captain and was prominent in the
Revolutionary War; Yale College, Class of 1761 ; he was for a time in
command of the Connecticut State Sloop of War Oliver Cromwell
and also of the privateer Harrison; he was last heard of in New Lon-
don on Aug. '14, 1797; d. 1802 (according to college record). He was
a son of Daniel Coit (b. Oct. 25, 1698; d. July 19, 1773 ; m. Jan. 21,
1742) and his second wife, Mehitable Hooker (b. Sept. 30, 1706; d.
Nov. 17, 1763) of New London, Ct.
Children: 12 (Coit), 6 sons and 6 daus.
i. Sarah,8 b. Apr. 26, 1764; m. (1) Lillibridge; m. (2) Wil-
liam Black of North Carolina.
ii. Mehitable,3 b. Aug. 10, 1765; not m.
iii. Esther,8 b. Jan. 3, 1767; m. Capt. Samuel Clapp, March, 1792.
iv. Daniel," b. Aug. 6. 1768; d. at sea.
v. Ann," b. March 30, 1770; d. March 30, 1792, at New London
and was bur. there in Old Burying Ground, gravestone ; not m.
vi. William,8 b. Nov. 19, 1771 ; not known to have m.
vii. Elizabeth,8 m. William Bocage and removed to North Carolina
and afterward to Alabama.
viii . Leonidas,8 d. young.
ix. Lyman.*
x. Mary.8
xi. Christopher.8
xii. Prentis.8
136
The last four children are not given in the Coil Genealogy nor in
the Prentis Genealogy, but are given in Miss Emma C. Brewster
Jones' Brewster Notes in the N. Y. Gen. & Bio. Soc. Library. I think
Miss Jones is in error in giving these children to William Coit. I think
that they are confused with the four children of the same baptismal
names of Richard Law who m. Ann5 Prentis, Xo. 182.
Authorities :
Hooker Genealogy, pp. 18, 35, 55.
New London Burying Ground Inscriptions, by Prentis, p. 17.
Coit Genealogy, pp. 69-70, 142.
Dexter"s Yale Biographies, Class 1761.
Prentis Genealogy, pp. 287-8.
182. Ann5 Prentis (Sarah4 Christophers, Hon. Capt. Christ'r,3
Hon. Rich'd,2 Hon. Christ'r1), bapt. April 10, 1743, at New London;
d. Oct. 9, 18 14, at New London and was bur. in Cedar Grove Ceme-
tery (remains removed there after first burial in other ground) ; m.
Sept. 21, 1760, at New London, Hon. Richard Law, b. March 7,
1732-3; bapt. March 11, 1732-3, at Milford, Ct. ; he settled in New
London, Ct. ; Yale College, Class 1751 ; lawyer; Member of the
Connecticut Assembly and Assistant to the Governor, Judge and
Member of Congress ; d. Jan. 26, 1806, at New London, Ct., and was
there bur. in Cedar Grove Cemetery (his remains were removed there
after first burial in other ground). He was a son of Gov. Jonathan
Law of Connecticut by his 5th wife, Eunice (Hall) Andrew (whom
he m. in 1730 and who was the widow of Samuel Andrew, Jr., and
dau. of John Hall of Wallingford, Ct.) of Milford, Ct.
Children: 12 (Law), 8 sons and 4 daus.
i. John,6 b. Apr. 21, 1761 ; bapt. June 6, 1762; d. 1841 ; he was a
farmer and removed to Vermont where he lived and d.
ii. Richard,6 b. March 1763; bapt. March 13, 1763; d. Oct. 19,
1845 ; m- Oct- 22' I793> Lucretia Wolcott, who d. 1823, at New
London, aged 48 y. 10 m. He was a student at Yale College and
left there and enlisted in the American Navy at outbreak of
Revolutionary War.
iii. Jonathan,6 b. March 11, 1765 ; bapt. March 17, 1765 ; d. June 26,
1803, at New London ; m. Rebecca McComber.
iv. Benjamin,6 b. Jan. 26, 1767 ; bapt. Feb. 8, 1767 ; d. Aug. 7, 1812 ;
not m.
v. Anne6 (or Nancy), b. July 27, 1768; bapt. Oct. 23, 1768; d.
Sept. 26, 1848 (or 49), at Philadelphia, Pa.; m. Sept. 4, 1797,
at New London, Walter Hubbell, of Windsor, N. C.
vi. Lyman,6 b. Aug. 19, 1770; d. Feb. 3, 1842, at New London;
Yale College, 1791 ; Lawyer and Member of Congress; m. Oct.
12, 1794; Elizabeth Learned,
vii. Sarah,6 b. July 3, 1772; bapt. July, 1772; d. Sept. 14, 1772, at
New London and was bur. there in Old Burying Ground,
gravestone,
viii. Eunice,6 b. March 1, 1774; bapt. March 27, 1774; d. Apr. 25,
1774, at New London and was bur. there in Old Burying
Ground, gravestone.
137
ix. Mary,8 b. Nov. 26, 1775 ; d. June 14, 1865 ; m. James Robertson.
a merchant of New York City.
x. Christopher,0 b. Feb. 7, 1777; d. Jan. 5, 1826, at Milford. Ct.
xi. Prentice," b. Apr. 15, 1779; d. May 11, 1811, at Washington,
Mississippi Territory; Yale College, 1800; Capt. in U. S. Navy,
xii. William.0 b. March 15, 1782 ; d. Nov. 10, 1818, at Murfreesboro,
N. C. ; not m. ; Yale College, 1801, physician.
Authorities :
Yale College Biographies, Vol. 1745-1763, pp. 257-9; I77&-I792 PP. 218-19.
Caulkin's History of New London, pp. 476, 670.
Prenlis' New London Graveyard Inscriptions, p. 24.
History of First Church, New London, pp. 528, 530-1, 533, 535-6.
Alden's Epitaphs, Vol. IV, p. 130.
Ptentis Genealogy, p. 284.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 34-5.
183. . Esther5 Prentis ( Sarah4 Christophers, Hon. Capt. Christ'r,3
Hon. Rich'd,2 Hon. Christ'r1), bapt. May 6, 1744, at New London;
m. July 20, 1793, at New London, Ct., Capt. Michael Mellaly, as his
second wife, b. 1745; d. 1812, aged jj, at New London. He was a
sea captain and lived in New London and owned a lot there which
in 1693 was purchased for £120 by the City of New London for the
site of the Second Burying Ground ; this ground remained a burying
ground in New London until 185 1 when Cedar Grove Cemetery was
organized and since that time all remains have been removed there-
from to Cedar Grove and the site is now that of a public park. The
parentage of Capt. Melally has not as yet been determined.
Children: ? (Melally) none that are known of — she was nearly 50
years old at her marriage. Miss E. C. Brewster Jones in Brew-
ster Notes states that there were no children.
Michael Melally m. (1) Elizabeth ? (whose maiden surname
and parentage are not known), b. 1734 (see age at and date of
death) ; d. March 27, 1791, aged 57, at New London and was bur.
there in Old Burying Ground, gravestone.
Children: 4 (Melally). Not in Christophers line. Baptismal names
not known.
Authorities :
Prentis Genealogy, p. 284.
History of First Church. New London, p. 512.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages. Book II, p. 33.
Prentis' Old Graveyard Inscriptions. New London, p. 26.
Caulkin's History of New London, pp. 583, 624.
184. John5 Prentis (Sarah4 Christophers, Hon. Capt. Christ'r,3
Hon. Rich'd.2 Hon. Christ'r1), b. 1746; bapt. Dec. 14, 1746, at New
London; d. Nov. 22, 1780, in 34th year at New London (will dated
Nov. 2, 1780, the original of which was burned Sept. 6, 1781) ; he
was bur. in Old Burying Ground, New London, gravestone ; m. Dec.
25, 1766, at New London, Esther Richards, as her first husband, b.
1751, at New London; d. 1839, at Belleville, W. Ya., and was bur.
at Morgantown, W. Va. According to Prentis Genealogy (Second
Edition), p. 288, she was a dau. of Guy Richards, a merchant of New
London (b. 1722; d. 1782; m. Jan. 18, 1746, at New London) and
his wife Elizabeth Harris (b. March 29, 1727; bapt. New London,
•38
April 9, 1727; d. 1793; dau. of Peter and Mary (Trueman) Harris
of New London, who were m. July 3, 1726).
Children: 8 (Prentis), 3 sons and 5 daus. all b. in New London,
i. Elizabeth,6 b. 1768, d. 1850; m. (1) 1785, John Hallam; m.
(2) George Chapman of New London; she had 4 (Hallam)
children by her first husband and 1 (Chapman) child by her
second husband,
ii. Sally Esther,0 b. 1770; bapt. Sept. 2, 1787, at New London; m.
April 18, 1788, at New London, Daniel Henshaw of Middle-
town, or Newport, R. I., who d. July, 1852, at Providence,
R. L: 10 children.
Hi. Mary8 (Molly), b. 1771 ; bapt. Sept. 2, 1787, at New London;
d. 1823; m. Dec. 6, 1789, at New London, Samuel Allen of
Montville, Ct., and removed to Marietta, Ohio: 5 children,
iv. John,6 b. 1773; bapt. Sept. 2, 1787, at New London; d. March
11, 1832; m. Nov. 1, 1795, Eunice Frink, b. 1774; d. Dec. 4,
1854: 11 children,
v. Ann6 (Nancy), b. 1775; bapt. Sept. 2, 1787, at New Lon-
don; d. 1859; m. 1801, Charles W. Goodrich of New Orleans,
La.: 6 children,
vi. Jonathan,8 b. June 20, 1777; bapt. Sept. 2, 1787, at New Lon-
don; d. April 8, 1856; m. in Virginia, Mary Hartshorne, niece
of Mr. McClary, who was his mother's third husband. He re-
moved first to Belleville, W. Va., and afterwards to Morgan-
town, W. Va., where he d. in 1856; his wife d. there in 1854:
2 children.
vii. Catherine M.,6 b. 1780; bapt. Sept. 2, 1787, at New London; d.
1837; m. Oct. 25, 1806, John Robertson of New York City, b.
1759; d. 1838: 5 children.
viii. Henry Leonidas,8 b. July 4, 1788; bapt. Nov. 19, 1788, at New
London; d. Dec. 4, 1849; m- Rebecca Mayberry: 5 children; he
removed to Belleville, W. Va., at the age of 8 years with his
widowed mother. He was murdered in Quincy, 111. Austin
West was arrested for the murder.
Esther (Richards) Prentis, widow of John3 Prentis, m. (2) Oct.
29, 1792, Samuel Booth Hempstead, after whose death she m. (3)
William McClary of Morgantown, W. Va., and removed to Belle-
ville, W. Va., where she d. and was bur. in Morgantown, W. Va.
I am not informed as to whether she had any children by her 2nd and
3rd marriages.
Authorities :
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 21, 28, 31, 33.
Prentis' Old Burying Ground Inscriptions, p. 27.
History of First Church, New London, pp. 522, 538-9.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 100, 180, 492, 535.
Prentis Genealogy, second edition, pp. 284-8. 293-7.
Morse's Genealogical Register, Vol. Ill, Richards Genealogy, by Abner
Morse, pp. 96, 99.
Manuscript Harris Notes, N. Y. Gen. & Biopr. Soc. Library.
186. Sarah6 Palmes (Lucretia4 Christophers, Hon. Capt. Christ'r,*
Hon. Rich'd,2 Hon. Christ'r1), b. Aug. 8, 1742, at New London; d.
April 6, 1830, at New London; m. Jan. 5, 1766, John Gardiner, b.
139
Oct. 7, 1734; bapt. Oct. 13, 1734, at New London, Ct. ; he settled in
New London and d. there March 1, 1776. He was a son of Dr.
Jonathan Gardiner (b. 1709; d. 1735, lost at sea; m. Nov. 13, 1733)
and his wife Mary Adams (dau. of Rev. Eliphalet and Lydia ( Pygan)
Adams of New London, b. March 5, 1713; bapt. New London,
March 21, 1713) of New London, Ct.
Children: 3 (Gardiner) daus. all b. in New London.
i. Sarah,6 b. March 10, 1767; bapt. April 5, 1767; d. June 13,
1830; m. Dec. 10, 1783, at New London, Jeremiah Gates Brain-
erd of New London, b. July 28, 1759, at East Haddam, Ct. ;
d. Jan. 7, 1830, at New London: 4 children.
ii. Mary,8 b. March 13, 1769; bapt. April 2, 1769; d. Dec. 31, 1858;
not m.
iii. Lucretia,6 b. July 15, 1771 ; d. March 16, 1842; not m.
Among the effects of Mary6 Gardiner were found the Gardiner
Coat of Arms, painted in water colors on parchment and framed
under glass, size 14 x 18 inches; also a copy of the will of John
Gardiner, the third proprietor of Gardiner's Island, who was her
great-grandfather ; also a book plate of the said John Gardiner. Tn
1890 all of these family relics were in the possession of Mrs. Robert
Coit of New London, who was b. a Brainerd.
Authorities :
Lion Gardiner and His Descendants, pp. 104-5.
Yale Biographies. Vol. 1778-1792, pp. 104-5.
Brainerd Genealogy, by D. D. Field, pp 13, 17-18.
Caulkin's History of New London, pp. 620, 671.
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 8, 16.
History of First Church, Mew London, pp. 23, 476, 332-3.
188. Mary5 Christophers (Rich'd.* Hon. Capt. Rich'd,3 Hon.
Rich'd2, Hon. Christ'r1), b. May 23, 1734, at New London; d. July
28, 1773, in her 39th year; m. Jan. 23, 1755, at New London, by Rev.
Matthew Graves, Col. Amos Chesebrough, as his first wife, b. Dec.
31, 1730, at Stontington, Ct. He was a son of Col. Amos Chese-
brough (b. Feb. 2, 1709; d. Sept. 13, 1770; m. Dec. 2, 1729) and
his wife Desire Williams (b. Aug. 15, 1712; dau. of Col. John and
Desire (Denison) Williams of Stonington, Ct.) of Stonington.
Children: 7 (Chesebrough), 2 sons and 5 daus.
368. Mary,8 b. March 30, 1757; m. Gideon Babcock.
369. Desire,8 b. Feb. 4, 1759; m. Charles Congdon.
+370. Abigail,6 b. Jan. 26, 1761 ; m. George Hazard Perry.
371. Richard Christophers,6 b. Feb. 20, 1763; d. Aug. 13, 1777.
+372. Henry,6 b. Sept. 30, 1764; d. Nov. 4, 1842; m. (1) Elizabeth6
Hurlbut (see No. 375) ; m. (2) Asenath Maxon; m. (3)
Elizabeth Congdon.
373. Lydia.6 b. Oct. 26, 1766: m. Leavitt.
374. Frances,8 b. Aug. 27, 1768: m. Benedict Babcock.
Col. Amos Chesebrough m. (2) Nov. 10. 1779, Anna (York)
Gavit (dau. of Stanton York of Westerly, R. I., and widow of
Gavit) ; and by this marriage there was no issue.
Authorities :
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, Chart between pp. 84-5.
Chesebrough Family, pp. 304, 309, 326, 428-9.
140
Hazard Family, pp. 63, 105-6.
189. Elizabeth5 Christophers (Rich'd,4 Hon. Capt. Rich'd,3
Hon. Rich'd,2 Hon. Christ'r1), b. Dec. 24, 1735, at New London; d.
March 11, 1798, aged 63, at New London and was bur. there, grave-
stone (see Alien's Epitaphs, Vol. IV, p. 129) ; she m. (1) Oct. 23,
1759, at New London, Capt. Nathan Hinman (as his second wife),
b. 1729, at Woodbury, Ct. ; bapt. there Dec. 7, 1729; he was probably
a sea captain as was also his brother Capt. Elisha Hinman of New
London; d. Jan. 25, 1761, in the 32nd year of his age, at New Lon-
don, Ct., and was bur. there in Old Burying Ground, gravestone.
He was a son of Capt. Andrew Hinman (bapt. April 1690; d. Wood-
bury, Ct., Sept. 1750, aged 60; m. Aug. 29, 1711) and his wife Marv
Noble (bapt. Westfield, Mass., Oct. 16, 1692; d. 1784, at Winchester,
Ct., aged 92) of Woodbury, Ct.
Children: (Hinman) none that are known of.
Capt. Nathan Hinman m. (1) Elizabeth (whose maiden sur-
name and parentage I have not determined), b. 1734; d. April 20,
1759, at New London, aged 25, and was bur. there in Old Burying
Ground, gravestone.
Children : ( Hinman) Not in Christophers line. { have found no rec-
ord of any children, but Hinman's Early Settlers of Connecticut
says that he left issue.
Elizabeth6 (Christophers) Hinman m. (2) Capt. Joseph Hurlbut
(as his second wife), bapt. Feb. 24, 1711-12, at New London; he
lived at New London and was a sea captain. He was a son of Stephen
Hurlbut (b. Dec. 26, 1668, at Wethersfield, Ct. ; d. Oct. 7, 1712, at
New London, Ct. ; m. 1696, at New London), and his wife Hannah
Douglas (b. 1673, about; d. Thursday, April 5, 1724, aged about 51
years) of New London, Ct.
Children: 6 (Hurlbut), 3 sons and 3 daus. all b. in New London.
+375. Elizabeth,9 b. June 23, 1764; d. Oct. 20 (or 30), 1794; m.
Henry Chesebrough of Whitestown, N. Y. ; no issue (see
also No. 372).
+376. Samuel,'' b. July 17, 1765; m. Matilda Denison; 10 children.
377. Richard," b. May 8, 1768 ; d. 1798, about, at Charleston, S. C ;
not m.
+378. Hannah,3 b. Dec. 12, 1769; d. Aug. 30, 1855; m. Rev. Wil-
liam Patten, D.D., of Newport, R. I. ; 7 children.
+379. Mary,8 b. March 2, 1773; m. George D.' Avery: no children.
380. Joseph,6 b. March 2, 1773 (twin) ; d. July 25, 1795, drowned ;
not m.
Capt. Joseph Hurlbut m. (1) Nov. 29, 1737, at New London,
Elizabeth Buttolph (dau. of George Buttolph of Salem, Mass.), b.
1715 ; d. Nov. 17, 1759, in the 44th year of her age, at New London
and was bur. there in Old Burying Ground, gravestone.
Children: 7 (Hurlbut), 4 sons and 3 daus. Not in Christophers line.
1. Samuel, bapt. New London, July 22, 1739; d. young, probably.
2. Sarah, bapt. New London, June 1, 1740, according to History of
First Church, but Hempstead, p. 365, savs she was a dau. of Titus
Hurlbut.
3. William, bapt. New London, Aug. 22, 1742 ; m. Lois Real of Ash-
ford, Ct.
4. Joseph, bapt. New London, April 1, 1744; d. 1772; m. Mary
Bolles.
5. Elizabeth, bapt. New London, March 19, 1749; d. Oct. 4, 1755 ; '"a
child of Joseph Hurlbut died aged about 6 y."
6. Ann, bapt. New London, April 20, 1752; d. April 1832; m. Capt.
John Welch.
7. George, bapt. New London, Oct. 5, 1755 ; d. May 8, 1783 ; served
in Revolutionary War; not m.
Authorities :
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, pp. 18, 23.
Hurlbut Family, pp. 28, 50-1, 95-7, 417.
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, chart between pp. 84-5.
Prentis' New London Graveyard Inscriptions, pp. 22, 28.
History of First Church, New London, pp. 474, 503, 505, 510, 518, 521, 523.
Chesebrough Genealogy, p. 428.
Hinman's Early Settlers of Connecticut, p. 814.
Noble Genealogy, p. 39.
Avery Clan, Vol. I, p. 353.
Stiles' Ancient Wethers field, Vol. II, p. 445.
Hempstead's Diary, pp. 141, 353, 423, 657.
196. Capt. Thomas5 Allen (Elizabeth4 (Christophers) Shack-
maple, Hon. Capt. Rich'd,3 Hon. Rich'd,2 Hon. Christ'r1), b. Sept.
IO» 1755, at New London, in the Shackmaple House (after-
wards the Wilson House), on Bradley Street; he was bapt.
by the Rev. Matthew Graves of St. James P. E. Church, New
London, Sept. 1755. He was a supercargo in 1775 ; a Justice of
the Peace on Fisher's Island, which he leased in 1793, and was
a large land holder. He lived at Mt. Pleasant estate, near
New London, till 1793, at Fisher's Island, 1793-1812; removed in
1812 to Pomfret, Ct, and to New London in 1816 and in 1824 re-
turned to Pomfret; d. May 16, 1842, at Pomfret, Ct., aged 86 y.
8 m. 3 d., and was bur. in Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London ; m.
Apr. 23, 1778, at New London, by Rev. Matthew Graves of the P. E.
Church, Amelia Taber, b. Feb. 11, 1758, at New London; d. Jan. 14,
1839, aged 79 y., 11 m., 3 d., and was bur. in Cedar Grove Cemetery,
New London. She was a dau. of Pardon Taber (b. 1720, at Tiver-
ton, R. I. ; d. Oct. 9, 1813, in 92nd y. of his age) and his wife Eliza-
beth Harris (b. 1731 ; d. Jan. 22, 1806, in the 77th y. of her age) who
resided at New London, Ct.
Children: 12 (Allen), 9 sons and 3 daus., first 4 b. at Mt. Pleasant,
near New London, 5th at Goshen House, Great Neck, New Lon-
don, 6th at Cedar Hall, rest at Fisher's Island.
i. Elizabeth,8 b. Nov. 20, 1779, 11 A. M., Sat.; d. June 13, 1863,
at Thompson, Ct. ; not m.
ii. Thomas," b. June 18, 1781, 5 A. M., Mon. ; d. May 22, 1817, at
New London ; m. Eunice Johnson.
iii. Lewis,8 b. May 2, 1783, 12 M., Fri. ; d. May 3, 1844, at New
London ; m. Mary Denison Smith,
iv. William,6 b. March 13, 1785, 5 A. M.. Sun. ; d. March 20, 1833,
at Rope Ferry, Ct. ; m. Emily Chandler, b. March 13, 1785 ; d.
March 20, 1833 ; 7 children.
142
v. Frances Taber,0 b. March 21, 1787, 6 A. M., Wed.; m. Jesse
Denison Smith.
vi. Samuel Taber,0 b. Oct. 11, 1789, 5 A. M., Sun. ; d. Nov. 8, 1806,
at Fisher's Island was there bur.
vii. Nathaniel,6 b. June 23, 1791, 6 A. M., Thurs. ; d. Aug. 5, 1822;
m. Martha Helen Foster.
viii. George,6 b. Sept. 21, 1793, 9 A. M., Sat; d. Dec. 22, 1844, at
St. Louis, Mo. ; m. Sarah Burch.
ix. Amelia,6 b. July 10, 1795, 7 P. M., Fri. ; d. June 23, 1852, at
Pomf ret, Ct. ; not m.
x. John, b. May 18, .1797, 8 A. M., Thur. ; d. after April 1824;
m. Lucy Johnson.
xi. Henry Nelson,6 b. May 27, 1799, 6 P. M., Mon. ; d. July 4, 1845 ;
m. Jane Cellina Foster.
xii. Pardon Taber,6 b. July 12, 1802, 9 P. M., Mon.; d. July 16,
1802, at Fisher's Island and was bur. there.
Authorities :
Allen Genealogy, by Mrs. Frances M. Soddard, pp. 34 et sequentia.
Chandler Family pp. 563-5.
199. Robinson5 Mumford (Sarah4 Christophers, Hon. Capt.
Rich'd,3 Hon. Rich'd2, Hon. Christ'r1), b. probably at Fisher's Island;
he lived in Jamaica, W. I., in 1773, and removed therefrom to North
Carolina, where in 1801 dated Aug 15, at Hillsboro, N. C. (i.e. at
Adams Falls near there) he wrote a letter stating that his mother was
still living and making her home with him. In 1787 he was living
near Mocksville, N. C, as his sister Sarah5 Mumford visited him
there in that year; m. Feb. 1, 1761, at New London, Sarah Coit, b.
May (or March) 30, 1744; bapt. June 3, 1744, at New London. She
was a dau. of Daniel Coit (see No. 21) (b. Oct. 25, 1698; d. July 19,
1773; m. Jan. 21, 1742) and his second wife Mehitable Hooker (b.
Sept. 30, 1706; d. Nov. 17, 1763; dau. of Samuel and Mehitable
(Hamlin) Hooker of Farmington, Ct.) of New London, Ct.
Children: 8 (Mumford), 5 sons and 3 daus.
i. Robinson,6 b. July 7, 1761.
ii. Daniel Coit,8 b. Dec. 5, 1762; d. Aug. 10, 1763.
iii. Sarah,6 b. Sept. 14, 1765 ; d. Dec. 31, 1818 (or b. 1765 ; d. 1836
according to Ancestral Records and Portraits, Vol. I, pp. 1887-8)
at Washington, D. C, gravestone; m. 1780, Pierre (Peter)
Mallet, b. Nov. 14, 1744; d. Feb. 2, 1805. He was a son of
Peter Mallet (b. March 31, 1712; d. June 18, 1760) and his
wife Naomi ? of Fairfield, Ct., and grandson of John and
Johanna (Lyon) Malet of Fairfield, Ct., and great-grandson of
David Mallet, the French Huguenot who left France and went
to England after the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes.
Children: 4 (Mallet), 2 sons and 2 daus.
i. Caroline,7 m. Carlton Walker and had a dau. Sarah8 Walker
who m. E. J. Hall and had a dau. Janet8 Hall.
ii. Charles.7
iii. Henrietta,7 m. Hugh Campbell.
iv. Edward Jones,7 b. May 1, 1797, at Fayetteville, N. C. ; d. Aug.
20, 1883; m. Sept. 11, 1820, Sarah Fenner (dau. of James and
143
Sarah (Jencks) Fenner), b. May 13, 1797; d. May 17, 1841.
They had a dau. Sarah Fenner8 Mallett who m. Stephen States
Lee.
iv. James,9 b. May 17, 1767.
v. Elizabeth,8 b. Nov. 8, 1769; d. Dec. 1843, at Fayetteville, N. C,
and was there bur. in family graveyard, "Richmond Hill,"
Rowan Co., N. C. ; m. ( 1 ) Thomas Murly, an Englishman, d.
about 5 m. after marriage, lost at sea between Wilmnigton,
N. C, and Charleston, S. C. ; no children. She m. (2)1 at
Fayetteville, N. C, Richmond Pearson, b. Aug. 1751, at Dun-
widdie, Va. ; he lived at Richmond Hill, Rowan (now Davis)
Co., N. C, and was a planter and Colonel in the Revolutionary
War ; d. June 4, 1834, at Richmond Hill, N. C.
Children: 6 (Pearson), 4 sons and 2 daus.
1 . Charles,7 not m.
2. Sarah,7 m. Col. Isaac Croom(?)
3. Richmond Mumford,7 b. June 28, 1805; d. Jan. 6, 1878, at
Winston, N. C. ; m. (1) June 12, 1832, at Knoxville, Tenn.,
Margaret McClusg Williams; m. (2) Williams.
4. Giles William,7 b. Feb. 17, 1807; d. April 1, 1847; m. March
11, 1830, Elizabeth Ellis.
5 . Eliza,7 m. William Beatty.
6. Status,7 m. Annabel Beatty.
vi. Mehitable,6 b. Oct. 13, 1771 ; m. William Broadfoot.
vii. George,6 d. Dec. 31, 1818; m. Mehitable Handy of Newport,
R.I.
viii. Giles,6 m. Frances Talbot (probably of New London, Ct.).
In a letter from Robinson5 Mumford dated Aug. 15, 1801, at
Adam's Falls, near Hillsboro, N. C, he mentions the fact that his
aged mother was, still alive; but that he and his son George were the
last of the line of Capt. George Mumford of Fisher's Island and New
London, Ct. All of his brothers had d. away from home. This letter
was written by Robinson5 Mumford to his relatives in Salem, Ct., in
reply to a letter from them informing him of the death in Salem of
his brother Caleb5 Mumford.
Authorities :
Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. 24..
Coit Genealogy, pp. 37-8 70.
History of First Church, New London, p. 512.
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, chart between pp. 68-9 and pp. 78,
142, 158.
New London Records, Book III, p. 30.
Ancestral Records and Portraits (Society Colonial Dames), Vol. I, pp.
187-8.
Miss E. C. Brewster Jones, Brewster Notes (N. Y. Gen. & Bio. Soc.)
Book No. 7 — information furnished by Miss Mary P. Davis of
Statesville, N. C, January 2. 1903.
200. Lydia5 Mumford (Sarah* Christophers, Hon. Capt. Rich'd/
Hon. Rich'd,2 Hon. Christ'r1), b. on Fisher's Island, probably; d.
aged nearly 100, at Calais, Me. ; m. Joseph5 Christophers, No. 168,
bapt. Oct. 30, 1748, at New London; he is said to have lived at
Pownalborough, Me. He was a son of Christopher4 and Elizabeth
(Allen) Christophers, of New London, Ct. (see No. 46).
144
Child: i (Christophers) dau.
+381. Lydia,0 b. Dec. 27, 1775, at Liverpool, Nova Scotia; d. Dec.
23> l799> at Wiscasset, Me.; m. Job Choate, as his first wife,
see also record No. 336.
Authorities:
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, charts between pp. 68-9 and 84-5.
History of First Church, New London, p. 517.
Choates in America, pp. 62, 116, 215.
Hempstead's Diary, p. 508.
SIXTH GENERATION.
308. Joanna6 Holt (Elizabeth6 Christophers, John,4 Esther,3
Lieut. John,2 Hon. Christ'r1), b. Jan. (or Dec.) 21, 1794, at New
London, Ct.; d. Oct. 27, 1846, aged 52; m. Feb. 21, 1816 (or
March, 1816), Jason Allen Rogers, b. May 30, 1790; bapt. April 1,
1802, at New London (his date of birth on his monument is given
as Dec. 28, 1789); d. April 10, 1881. He was a son of James
Rogers (b. Oct. 30, 1765; d. Feb. 7, 1835, at East Lyme, Ct.) and
his wife Mary (Polly) Allen (b. April 22, 1769; dau. of Jason and
Lydia (Fox) Allen of Montville, Ct.) of New London and Lyme, Ct.
Children: 5 (Rogers), 4 sons and 1 dau.
382. Mary L.,7 b. June 2, 1817; d. June 30, 1859; she was a
school teacher in New London.
383. John C.,7 b. Sept. 24, 1818; d. Dec. 9, 1841, in Mobile, Ala.
384. James A.,7 b. May 15, 1820; d. Sept. 25, 1868, in San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
385. William F.,7 b. June 5, 1824; d. Aug. 18, 1849, in Tuolumne,
Cal.
386. George,7 went to California and became a successful mer-
chant.
In this connection see also Records Nos. 361 and 433 to 437,
inclusive.
Authorities:
Holt Genealogy, pp. 237, 242, 255.
History of First Church, New London, p. 548.
James Rogers and His Descendants, pp. 209-10, 308.
History of Montville, Ct., p. 432.
312. Francis William* Holt (Elizabeth6 Christophers, John,4
Esther,8 Lieut. John,2 Hon. Christ'r1), b. Jan. 6, 1802, at New
London; m. Jan. 4, 1832, Jannette Harris. She was a dau. of
Dyer Harris and his wife Lucinda ? of New London, Ct.
Children: b (Holt), 4 sons and 2 daus., all b. in New London.
387. Andrew Harris,7 b. April 11, 1833; d. April 1, 1854, aged 21 y.
388. Henry William,7 b. Sept. 5, 1835; he lived in 1864 in
Plainfield, 111.
389. Abby Elizabeth,7 b. Dec. 5, 1837.
390. Harriet Jeannette,7 b. Sept. I, 1840.
391. John Christophers,7 b. July 6, 1842.
392. Francis Dyer,7 b. Nov. 18, 1846.
In this connection see also Records Nos. 365 and 438 to 443,
inclusive.
Authorities:
Holt Genealogy, pp. 242, 255, 272-3.
•45
335. Jerusha6 Latimer (Sarah* Christophers, Christ'r.,* Hon.
Capt. Christ'r.,3 Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. July 23, 1786, at
New London; d. Aug. 18, 1885, at Norwich, N. Y. ; m. Henry Brad-
ford Latham, b. June 4, 1790, at Stonington, Ct. ; d. June 22, 1853,
at Guilford, N. Y.
Child: 1 (Latham) dau. :
393. Ellen Holdridge,7 b. May 14, 1829, at Guilford, N. Y. ; d.
Nov. 9, 1907, at Topeka, Kans. ; m. Feb. 25, 1858, at Nor-
wich, N. Y., Samuel Orr, b. Aug. 14, 1832, in Tyrone Co.,
Ireland ; d. Oct. 4, 1900, at Junction City, Kans.
Child: 1 (Orr) dau.:
1. Emma Frances,8 b. Sept. 27, 1859; m. Nov. 24, 1884,
at Junction City, Kans., Woodson Allen, b. May 22, 1854,
at Greensburg, Greene Co., Ky. ; by whom she had 2
(Allen) children, viz.: —
1. Warren Barrett,9 b. Feb. 8, 1887.
2. Ramona Berenice,9 b. Aug. 10, 1889.
Authority:
Miss Emma C. Brewster Jones' Notes on the female Brewster lines,
Book- No. 6, last entry (see N. Y. G. & B. Soc. Library).
336. Lydia6 Christophers (Joseph,5 Christ'r.,* Hon. Capt.
Christ'r.,3 Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. Dec. 27, 1775, at Liver-
pool, Nova Scotia; d. Dec. 23, 1799, at Wiscasset, Me.; m. April,
1797, Capt. Job Choate, b. March 1, 1766, at Ipswich, Mass., in
Chebacco Parish ; he lived at Wiscasset, Me., and was a sea captain,
master of his own vessel ; d. in Baltimore, Md., while in port there,
on his own vessel, Dec. 1813. He was a son of William Choate (b.
Sept. 5, 1730, at Chebacco, Mass.; d. April 23, 1785; m. Jan. 16,
1756) and his wife Mary Giddings (b. March 27, 1732; d. Nov. 1,
1810; dau. of Job and Margaret (Low) Giddings) of Ipswich
(Chebacco), Mass.
Child: 1 (Choate) son, b. at Wiscasset, Me.:
394. Warren Christophers,7 b. Aug. 27, 1799; d. Sept. 2, 1874;
m. Aug. 12, 1839, Susannah Gluyas Drew, b. Aug., 1813,
at Redruth, Cornwall, Eng. ; d. March 19, 1889. She was
a dau. of Solomon and Elizabeth (Gluyas) Drew. Warren
Christophers7 Choate lived at No. 310 Indiana Ave., Wash-
ington, D. C. : 7 children, see "Choates in America."
Job Choate after the death of Lydia6 (Christophers) Choate m.
a second time to Margaret Adams, who d. at Waddington, N. Y.,
in 1847; and by her he had 1 (Choate) son, not in Christophers line:
I. David Job Choate, b. June 24, 1813; d. Oct. 28, 1892; m.
Amanda Cornelia Ebaugh.
In this connection see also Records Nos. 381 and 473.
Authority :
Choates in America, pp. 62, 116, 215.
337. Elizabeth6 Wetmore (Elizabeth3 Christophers, Christ'r.,*
Hon. Christ'r.,3 Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. Aug. 23, 1784,
at Middletown, Ct. ; d. Oct. 25, 1808, at Middletown ; m. May 26,
1804, John Hinsdale, as his first wife, b. Nov. 10, 1778, at North
Windsor, Ct., probably ; he was a merchant living at Middletown,
146
Ct., and Brooklyn N. Y. ; d. March 13, 1851, at Brooklyn, N. Y. He
was a son of Rev. Theodore Hinsdale (b. Nov. 25, 1738, at Berlin,
Ct.; Y. C. Class 1762; d. Hinsdale, Mass., Dec. 28, 1818; m. July
14, 1768; first minister at North Windsor, Ct., and pastor at Hins-
dale, Mass., 1795 till his death) and his wife Annie Bissell (b. March
II, 1748; d. March 14, 1807, at Hinsdale, Mass.) of North Windsor
1766 till 1795 and Hinsdale, Mass., 1795 till her death.
Children: 2 (Hinsdale) daus., both b. at Middletown, Ct.
395. Sarah Wetmore,7 b. June 1, 1805; d. 1876, at Washington,
D. C. ; m. May 10, 1830, as his second wife, Elijah Hunt-
ington Kimball, b. Oct. 19, 1801, at Sharon, Vt. ; d. aged 82.
He was a son of Richard Kimball (b. July 16, 1768; d. Feb.
12, i860; m. 1795) and his wife Mary Marsh (b. 1773;
dau. of Joel Marsh) of Windham, N. H., West Lebanon,
N. H., and other places.
Children: 5 (Kimball) daus.:
i. Elizabeth Christophers,8 b. Nov. 22, 1831 ; d. June 11,
1912, at Bar Harbor, Me., at her country home and was
bur. in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y., in her
father's lot ; m. Dec. 4, 1850, Joseph Hobs|on ; no chil-
dren.
ii. Mary Marsh,8 b. April 28, 1834 ; m. Col. Hiram Berdan :
3 children.
iii. Lucy Young,8 b. July 22, 1836; d. July 11, 1871 ; m.
Oct. 15, 1856, Levi Parsons Morton, as his first wife;
no children. He m. (2) Feb. 12, 1873 Anna Livingston
Reed Street by whom he had 6 children.
iv. Caroline Young,8 b. June 10, 1838; m. Dec. 18, 1861,
Col. Richard G. Lay of Buffalo, N. Y.
v. Sarah Frances,8 b. July 21, 1841 ; d. Aug., 1873; not m.
Elijah Huntington Kimball m. (1) Sept. 3, 1827, Eliza-
beth Christophers Hinsdale (sister of his 2nd wife), b.
June 17, 1807, at Middletown, Ct.; d. Aug. 31, 1828, by
whom he had no children.
396. Elizabeth Christophers,7 b. June 17, 1807, at Middletown,
Ct. ; d. Aug. 31 (or Sept. 1), 1828; m. Sept. 3, 1827, Elijah
Huntington Kimball, as his first wife, and whose second
wife was her sister No. 394, and by whom she had no
children.
John Hinsdale married a second time Oct. 3, 1810, Harriet Johns-
ton, b. Aug. 5, (or 6), 1785 ; d. Nov., 1856, at Brooklyn, N. Y. She
was a dau. of Maj. Samuel and Sarah (Sage) Johnston.
Children: 6 (Hinsdale), 3 sons and 3 daus., all b. at Middletown, Ct.
Not in Christophers line:
1. John Theodore, b. Jan. 10, 1812; m. Nov. 30, 1836, Susan
Maria Loring, b. Dec. 10, 1813; d. Sept. 23, 1890.
2. Harriet Ann, b. Aug. 16, 1813 ; d. May 5, 1882 ; m. Aug.
28, 1833, William Olcott, b. 1806; d. Apr. 1, 1850.
3. Caroline Hallam, b. Jan. 11, 1815 ; d. Jan. 22, 1831 ; not m.
4. Samuel Johnston, b. Mar. 26, 1817; m. (1) Elizabeth Chris-
tophers Wetmore (dau. of Ichabod and Elizabeth (Badger)
H7
Wetmore) ; m. (2) Mary ( ) Broadfoot, widow of
James B. Broadfoot.
5. Theodore, b. Feb. 3, 1819; d. Aug. 19, 1880; m. Oct. 30,
1850, Grace Webster Haddock, b. May 17, 1832; d. Aug.
30, 1902.
6. Mary Johnston, b. Nov. 16, 1821 ; d. Dec. 1 (or 4), 1836;
not m.
Authorities :
Wetmore Genealogy, pp. 444-5, 452-4.
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, Chart bet. pp. 84-5.
Hinsdale Genealogy, pp. 91-4, 125, 205-6.
Kimball Genealogy, Vol. I, pp. 247, 448-9.
Recollections of a Happy Life, Autobiography of Elizabeth Christophers
(Hinsdale) Hobson, pp. ix. and 251.
338. Maria6 (or Mary) Wetmore (Elizabeth5 Christophers,
Christ'r.,4 Hon. Capt. Christ'r.,3 Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1),
b. May 28, 1786, at Middletown, Ct. ; m. July 7 (or 17), 1810, Capt.
Andrew Mather, b. Sept. 26, 1772, at Lyme, Ct. ; he lived at New
London and was a Captain in the U. S. Revenue Service in New
London for 20 years and was also in the East India Service ; he
d. Nov. 16, 1855. He was a son of Capt. Elias Mather (b. Feb. 10,
1750, at Lyme, Ct. ; d. Aug. 30, 1788 ; m. Oct. 17, 1771) and Lucinda
Lee (d. 1813, aged 61 ; dau. of Capt. Abner Lee) of Lyme, Ct.
Child: 1 (Mather) son:
397. John Perkins Cushing,1 b. Sept. 23 (or 26), 1816; not m. ;
Yale College, 1837. He was a lawyer and held several
Connecticut State offices, Secretary of State, Senator; he
was Mayor of New London and a man of intellectual cul-
ture and was at one time Vice-President of the Connecticut
Historical Society.
Authorities :
Wetmore Genealogy, pp. 444-5, 452-4.
Mather Genealogy, pp. 163-4, 233.
Miss Lucretia W. Smith, New London, Ct.
341. Ichabod6 Wetmore (Elizabeth5 Christophers, Christ'r.,*
Hon. Capt. Christ'r.,3 Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. March 14,
1792, at Middletown, Ct. ; he lived at Fayetteville, N. C, and was
cashier of the State Bank of North Carolina in that town, where he
d. Oct. 7, 1857, and was there bur. ; he m. Jan. 23, 1817, at Newbern,
N. C, Elizabeth Ann Badger. She was a dau. of Thomas Badger
(b. at Windham, Ct. ; d. 1799) and his wife Lydia Cogdell of New-
bern, N. C. (dau. of Robert Cogdell) who lived in North Carolina
where they settled early in life.
Children : 7- (Wetmore), 3 sons and 4 daus. :
398. Laura Jane,7 b. Oct. 17, 1817; d. March 7, i860; m. Maj.
Theophilus Hunter Holmes, U. S. Armv, June 16, 1841 ;
he b. Nov. 11, 1804; d. Aug. 1863. U. S. M. A. Class of
1829. He was a son of Gov. Gabriel Holmes of North
Carolina.
Children: 7 (Holmes), 4 sons and 3 daus.:
i. Elizabeth Wetmore,8 b. May 16, 1842.
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ii. Mary Maria,8 b. Dec. 25, 1843; d. a few days after
birth,
iii. Theophilus Hunter,8 b. Dec. 17, 1844.
iv. Gabriel,8 b. Jan. 25, 1848.
v. Wetmore,8 b. Mar. 2, 1850.
vi. Laura Lydia,8 b. Nov. 18, 1851 ; d. Jan. 29, 1857.
vii. Hardy Lucien,8 b. June 15, 1855.
399. Elizabeth Christophers7 (or Cogdell), b. March 6, 1819, at
Newbern, N. C. ; d. Sept. 12, 1885, at Fayetteville, N. C;
m. Sept. 2, 1841, at Fayetteville, N. C, Samuel Johnston
Hinsdale, b. March 26, 1817, at Middletown, Ct. ; d. June
14, 1894, at Fayetteville, N. C, where he lived; he was a
druggist and chemist and Senior Warden of the P. E. Church
there for 24 y. He was a son of John and Harriet
(Johnston) Hinsdale of Middletown, Ct.
Children: 2 (Hinsdale), 1 son and 1 dau. :
i. John Wetmore,8 b. Feb. 4, 1843 ; m. Ellen Devereux.
ii. Frances Broadfoot,8 b. Nov. 8, 1845 ; m. James Cameron
MacRae.
Samuel Johnston Hinsdale m. (2) Sept. 28, 1886, Mary
( ) Broadfoot, widow of James B. Broadfoot of Fay-
etteville, N. C.
Child: 1 (Hinsdale) son. Not in Christophers line.
1. Theodore, b. March 30, 1892.
400. Thomas Badger,7 b. April 7, 1821 ; he lived at Selma, Ala.,
and was a lawyer of high reputation ; m. Octavia T. Hill
of Livingston, Ala.
Child: 1 (Wetmore) son:
i. Robert Smith,8 b. July 1, 1856.
401. George Badger,7 b. Feb. 16, 1823; he was a minister of the
P. E. Church and pastor of the church at Wood Leaf, Rowan
Co., N. C. ; m. June, 1850, at Fayetteville, N. C, Rose Hall.
Children: 4 (Wetmore), 3 sons and 1 dau.:
i. William Hall,8 b. April 17, 1852.
ii. George Badger,8 b. Dec. 26, 1853.
iii. Annie Troy,8 b. Jan. 9, 1856.
iv. Samuel Hinsdale,8 b. July 14, 1858.
402. Frances Rebecca,7 b. March 4, 1825; m. William Gillis
Broadfoot of Fayetteville, N. C.
Children: 8 (Broadfoot) sons:
i. Charles Wetmore.8
ii. George Badger.8
iii. William Wilson.8
iv. Thomas Wetmore.8
v. James Baker.8
vi. Andrew.8
vii. Frank Hinsdale.8
viii. John Barrett.8
403. Lydia Cogdell,7 b. Nov. 28, 1829; m. June, 1856, Philip
Augustus Wiley.
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404. William Robards,7 b. Nov. 8, 1833 ; he lived at Selma, Ala. ;
he was a lawyer and prepared for the Protestant Episcopal
Ministry.
Authorities :
Wetmore Genealogy, pp. 452-4, 480-3.
Cullum's Register Graduates U. S. M. A., Vol. I, p. 359.
Hinsdale Genealogy, pp. 125, 206, 332-4.
343. Lucy6 Christophers (Peter," John,4 Hon. Capt. Christ'r.,3
Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. Sept. 18, 1780, at New London;
d. July 3, 1824, at New London and was there bur. in Cedar Grove
Cemetery; m. June 22, 1806, at New London, Orlando Hallam, b.
Nov. 16, 1790, at New London ; he was a merchant ; d. Nov. 5, 1836,
aged 56, at New London and was there bur. in Cedar Grove Ceme-
tery. He was a son of Robert Hallam who m. Sept. 17, 1779, Lydia
Adams (who was b. July 19, 1757) of New London, Ct.
Children: 3 (Hallam), 2 sons and 1 dau., all b. in New London:
405. Robert Alexander,7 b. Sept. 30, 1807; d. Jan. 4, 1877, at
New London ; m. Phebe A. Curtis who was b. in Meriden,
Ct., June 21, 1815; d. in New London, Jan. 27, 1891, aged
76 y. 7 m. 6 d. ; no children. He graduated at Yale Col-
lege in 1827 and was installed as rector of St. James P. E.
Church, New London, Jan. 1, 1835, and remained its rector
until his death.
406. Orlando Adams,7 b. Oct. 28, 1809; d. Jan. 28, 1816, aged 5
y. at New London.
407. Abby Christophers,7 b. July 30, 181 1; d. May 30, 1833,
aged 22 y. at New London ; not m.
Authorities :
Miss Lucretia W. Smith, genealogist of New London, Ct.
Col. C. D. Parkhurst, genealogist of New London.
344. Sally6 Christophers (Peter,5 John,4 Hon. Capt. Christ'r.,*
Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. March 21, 1782, at New London;
m. June 24, 181 7, at New London, as his second wife, Dr. Isaac
Thompson (see also record No. 353), b. Aug. 24, 1775, at Stratford,
Ct. He was a wholesale drug merchant in New London where he d.
March 2, 1852 and was there bur. He was a son of Lieut. William
Thompson by his wife Mehitable Ufford, who lived at Stratford, Ct.
Children: None.
Dr. Isaac Thompson m. (1) Jan. 5, 1800, at Salem, Ct., by the
Rev. David Higgins of Hamburg, Catherine6 Mumford (see records
Nos. 175 and 353), b. Aug. 22, 1777, at Salem, Ct. ; d. Aug. 30, 1816,
aged 39, at New London and was there bur. She was a dau. of John
Mumford by his wife Lucretia6 Christophers, No. 353, of Salem, Ct.
Children: 8 (Thompson), 1 son and 7 dau'ts. for whose records see
under record No. 353.
Dr. Isaac Thompson m. (3) Huldah Thompson, dau. of Israel
Thompson of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Children: None.
Authorities :
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, Charts bet. pp. 68-9 and pp. 156-7,
165.
Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy, by John R Totten, Record No. 270, N.
Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, 1910-1918.
15°
Miss Lucretia W. Smith, genealogist, New London, Ct.
Chesebrough Genealogy, pp. 207-9.
347. Mary" Christophers (Peter,5 John,4 Hon. Capt. Christ'r.,3
Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. Nov. 19, 1790, at New London;
d. 1856, at New London ; m. May 2, 1824, at New London, Joseph
Chew Sistare (see No. 248), b. Sept. 22, 1790, at New London; he
lived at New London and d. there Nov. 17, 1851, aged 61 y. He
was a son of Gabriel Sistare (b. 1754; d. Jan. 11, 1820, at New
London, aged 66; m. Aug. 3, 1786) and his wife Frances Chew (b.
1759; d. Oct. 11, 1841, aged 82; dau. of Joseph and Grace* (Chris-
tophers) Chew (see No. 71)), of New London, Ct.
Child: 1 (Sistare) son:
408. Charles G.,7 b. May 23, 1826; d. July 9, 1899, at N. Y. City;
m. Harriet Bassett. 6 children:
i. Charles G.,8 d. July 14, 1893; m. A. Justina Bishop,
ii. Julia L.,8 living New London, 1919 ; not m.
iii. Robert Hallam,s d. April 6, 1898.
iv. Horace R.,8 d. Feb. 28, 1909.
v. Fred L.,8 living 1919, in Chicago,
vi. Hattie B.8
Authority :
Miss Lucretia W. Smith, a New London genealogist
348* Richard Peter6 Christophers (Peter,6 John,4 Hon. Capt.
Christ'r.,3 Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. Jan. 17, 1793, at New
London, Ct. ; d. 1829, in his 37th y., at New London, Huron Co.,
Ohio. He graduated at Yale College in 1814; studied medicine after
graduation, and in the fall of 181 5 went West and settled first in
Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio; in the winter of 1817-18 he was
in Perkins, Mahoning Co., Ohio, and was a schoolmaster as well as
a physician. Finally in 1824-5 he settled in New London, Huron
Co., Ohio, where he was highly esteemed and where he d. lamented.
He m. in Ohio, Chapman.
Children: ? (Christophers).
Authorities :
Dexter's Yale Biographies, Vol. 1805-1815, p. 632.
Miss Lucretia W. Smith, a New London genealogist.
350. Elizabeth6 Mumford (Lucretia5 Christophers, John,4 Hon.
Capt. Christ'r.,3 Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. March 25, 1771,
at Salem, Ct. ; d. Feb. 21, 1795, aged 24, at Salem, Ct., probably; m.
June 24, 1790, at Salem (probably), Nathaniel Shaw Woodbridge, as
his first wife, b. Nov. 4, 1771 ; bapt. Nov. 10, 1771, at New London ;
d. June 16 (or 17), 1797, in his 27th y. at Salem (or New London).
He devoted himself to the pursuits of a country gentleman on his
large estate in Salem which he inherited from the Shaw family. He
was a son of the Rev. Ephraim Woodbridge (b. June 20, 1746; d.
Sept. 6, 1776; m. Oct. 26, 1769) by his wife Mary Shaw (b. Sept.
6, 1751 ; bapt. Oct. 6, 1751, at New London; d. June 10, 1775, at
Bolton, Ct. ; dau. of Capt. Nathaniel and Temperance (Harris)
Shaw) of New London, Ct.
Children: 3 (Woodbridge}, daus., all probably b. at Salem, Ct.
409. Mary (Polly) Shaw,7 b. June 26, 1791 ; d. April 12, 1818,
at Norwich, Ct. ; m. Jan. 2, 1810, Henry Perkins, b. April
1 5i
20, 1781 ; d. Dec. 28, 1850. He was a son of Dr. Elisha and
Sarah (Douglas) Perkins of Plainneld, Ct.
Child: I (Perkins) dau. :
i. Mary Woodbridge,8 b. Dec. 12, 1812; m. May 12, 1835,
Levi Hart Goddard, b. Oct. 30, 1808;' d. May 9, 1861.
He was a son of Hon. Calvin Goddard of Norwich, Ct.,
by his wife Alice ?
Children : 4 (Goddard), 2 sons and 2 daus. :
1. Alfred Mitchell,9 b. June 19, 1836; d. May 9, 1863.
2. Julia Chester,8 b. Aug. 29, 1838; m. John G. Piatt.
3. Henry Perkins,9 b. July 25, 1842; m. (1) Louise
Marston, who d. 1880; m. (2) Feb., 1882, Lida W.
Acheson.
4. Mary Woodbridge,9 b. June 5, 1846; m. Louis C. Tif-
fany by whom she had 4 children.
410. Lucretia Mumford,7 b. Oct. 10, 1792 (or 1794) ; d. March
29, 1839; m. Jan. 16, 1815, Rev. Alfred Mitchell of Nor-
wich, Ct. ; b. May 22, 1790; Yale College, 1809; d. Dec. 19,
1831. He was ordained pastor of the Second (Chelsea)
Church, Norwich, Oct. 27, 1814, and remained its pastor
until his death.
They had 9 children (see Woodbridge Record, pp. 157-9 and
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, pp. 125-138).
411. Elizabeth (Eliza),7 b. Jan. 25, 1795; d. March 14, 1795.
Nathaniel Shaw Woodbridge m. (2) May 5, 1796, Lois (or
Louise) Mather of Colchester, Ct. (as her first husband), b. Lyme,
Ct, Feb. 8, 1776; d. Feb. 15, 1823 (or 1816 according to Mather
Genealogy). She was a dau. of Samuel and Alice (Ransom) Mather
of Lyme, Ct.
Child: 1 (Woodbridge) son. Not in Christophers line.
i. Nathaniel Shaw, b. May 5, 1796 (or Feb., 1797) ; d. Nov. 24,
1822, at Colchester, Ct. ; not m.
Louise (Mather) Woodbridge m. (2) March 29, 1798, Dr. John
Watrous, a physician of Colchester, Ct., by whom she had 2 (Wat-
rous) children:
1. John Lucien.
2. Frances Augusta.
Authorities :
Woodbridge Record, pp. 66-7, 106-7, 156-9.
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, Chart bet. pp. 68-9 and p. 1 13.
Hist. First Church, New London, pp. 521, 535.
Mather Family, pp. 166-7, 240-1.
Vital Records of Norwich, Ct., Vol. II, p. 595-
351. Mary6 Mumford (Lucretia5 Christophers, John,* Hon.
Capt. Christ'r.,3 Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. April 17, 1774,
at Salem, Ct. ; d. March 22 (or 25), 1830, at New London, Ct., and
was there bur. ; m. Feb. 11, 1805, at Salem (or Hamburg), Ct., Hon.
Elias Perkins of New London, as his second wife, b. April 5, 1767,
at Norwich, Ct. ; Yale College, 1786; he was a lawyer, Judge of the
New London County Court and a Member of the U. S. Congress ;
he lived in New London in the old Shaw Mansion ; d. Sept. 27, 1845,
aged 78, at New London. He was a son of Dr. Joseph Perkins (b.
152
Aug. io, 1733; d. May 5, 1775; m. May 10, 1757, at Norwich) and
his wife Joanna Burnham (b. 1734; d. May 16, 181 1, aged 77) of
Lisbon and Norwich, Ct.
Children: 2 (Perkins) sons:
412. Oliver Ellsworth,7 b. Jan. 26, 1806; bapt. New London,
Nov. 25, 1809.
413. Elias,7 b. July 28, 1808.
Hon. Elias Perkins m. (1) March 14, 1790, at New London,
Lucretia Shaw Woodbridge, b. Aug. 7, 1773; bapt. Aug. 15, 1773,
at New London ; d. March 6, 1802, at New London and was bur.
there. She was a dau. of Rev. Ephraim and Mary (Shaw) Wood-
bridge of New London.
Children: 6 (Perkins), 4 sons and 2 daus., all b. in New London.
Not in Christophers line.
1. Nathaniel Shaw, b. Feb. 11, 1792; d. May 25, 1870; m. May,
1818, Mary Richards, b. Jan. 28, 1801. She was a dau. of Ben-
jamin Richards. He was the leading physician in New London
and lived in the old Shaw Mansion on Bank Street (now the
New London Historical Society building). He had 13 children,
one of whom, Miss Jennie Perkins, still survives (1920).
2. Thomas Shaw, b. Aug. 10, 1793; d. Oct. 14, 1844; Yale College
1812; lawyer in New London; m. (1) Jan. 4, 1818, Cornelia
Leonard of Lansingburgh, N. Y., who d. May 8, 1818, at sea,
on passage from Bordeaux to N. Y. City. He m. (2) Feb. 23,
1820, Mary Ann Griswold, dau. of Gov. Griswold of Lyme, Ct.
He had 11 children, all by second wife, of whom 4 were living
in 1882.
3. Joseph, b. Sept. 21, 1794; d. young.
4. Lucretia Woodbridge, b. Feb. 23, 1796; d. April, 1829; m. 1817,
Hon. Thomas W. Williams, d. Dec, 1874, aged 84. He was a
leading merchant in New London, Member of Congress, 1839-
1843; 8 children of whom only I was living in 1882.
5. Ellen Elizabeth, b. May 23, 1799; d. Feb. 26, 1877; m. Nov. 14,
1820, Charles Griswold, son of Gov. Roger Griswold of Lyme,
Ct. ; d. Aug. 7, 1839; 8 children of whom 3 were living in 1882.
6. Oliver Ellsworth, b. Aug. 6, 1801 ; d. Nov. 25, 1801.
Authorities :
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, chart bet. pp. 68-9 and pp. 151, 159.
Woodbridge Record, pp. 107-8.
Hist. First Church, New London, pp. 535, 546, 552.
Perkins Family, Ipswich Branch, pp. 28, 55.
Vital Records of Norwich, Ct., pp. 362-3.
Bailey's Early Conn. Marriages, Book II, p. 31.
353. Catherine8 Mumford (Lucretia5 Christophers, John,4 Hon.
Capt. Christ'r.,3 Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. Aug. 22, 1777,
at Salem, Ct., d. Aug. 20, 1816, at New London, aged 39 y. ; m. Jan.
5, 1800, at Elm Grove Farm, Salem, Ct., by the Rev. David Higgins
of Hamburg, Ct., Dr. Isaac Thompson of New London, Ct., where
he was a wholesale druggist and the inventor of "Thompson's Eye
Water," the formula for which he subsequently gave to John Leland
Thompson of Troy, N. Y., a wholesale druggist in that city. Dr.
Isaac Thompson was also a half-brother of Anthony Thatcher of
153
New London, who m. Lucretia Christophers'3 Mumford, No. 355
of this genealogical record. Isaac Thompson was b. Aug. 24, 1775,
at Stratford, Ct. ; d. March 2, 1852, at New London, and was bur.
there. He was a son of Lieut. William Thompson by his wife Me-
hitable Ufford, who lived at Stratford, Ct. Catherine6 Mumford
(No. 353) was Dr. Isaac Thompson's first wife.
Children: 8 (Thompson), 1 son and 7 daus., all b. in New London:
414. John Mumford,7 b. July 4, 1801 ; d. May 23, 1882, aged 80
y. 10 m. 19 d. at New London ; he m. Frances M. Miller, of
Waterf ord, Ct. : 3 children.
415. Catherine Elizabeth,7 b. May 25, 1803; d. Jan. 9, 1889, at
Washington, D. C, aged 85 y. ; m. Oct. 2, 1832, at New
London, Stanley Griswold Trot : 3 children.
416. Lucretia Christophers,7 b. March 24, 1805; m. (on his death
bed) Jabez Perkins Whiting (son of Edward and Mary
( ) Whiting) who d. Dec. 7, 1824, aged 22: no children.
417. Abbie Mumford,7 b. Sept. 23, 1807; d. May 30, 1888, at
Troy, N. Y. ; not m.
418. Mary Perkins,7 b. Aug. 24, 1809; d. Feb. 24, 1892, at Troy,
N. Y. ; m. John Leland Thompson of Troy, N. Y., b. Dec. 1,
1797, at Amenia, N. Y. ; d. March 27, 1880, at Troy, N. Y. ;
he was a son of Ezra and Sarah (Burton) Thompson.
They had 8 children.
419. Elizabeth Woodbridge,7 b. April 19, 181 1 ; d. 19 — ?, at Sara-
toga, N. Y., at a very advanced age ; not m.
420. Ellen Douglass,7 m. Fred. Lenig.
421. Susan,7 d. young.
Dr. Isaac Thompson m. (2) June 24, 1817, at New London,
Sally6 (Sarah) Christophers (see Record No. 344), b. New Lon-
don,' March 21, 1782. She was a dau. of Peter5 and Abigail (Miller)
Christophers, of New London, Ct., see Record No. 174. Children:
None.
Dr. Isaac Thompson m. (3) Huldah Thompson (dau. of Israel
Thompson of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.)
Children : None.
For continued record of Nos. 413 to 420, inch, see Chesebrough
Genealogy by Anna Chesebrough Wildey, pp. 207 to 209, inch
Authorities :
Chronicles of a Connecticut Farm, Chart bet. pp. 68-9 and pp. 156-7, 165.
Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy by John R. Totten, Record No. 270 of
Capt. John Thacher of Stratford, Ct., published in the N. Y. Gen.
& Biog. Record, 1910-1918.
Chesebrough Genealogy, pp. 207-9.
B. M. D., New London Town Records, Vol. Ill, p. 193.
Miss Lucretia W. Smith, genealogist, New London, Ct.
355. Lucretia Christophers6 Mumford (Lucretia5 Christo-
phers, John,4 Hon. Capt. Christ'r.,3 Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1),
b. Aug. 10, 1785, at Salem, Ct. ; d. April 6, 1871, at New London,
Ct, and was bur. there in Cedar Grove Cemetery, tombstone; m.
Feb. 24, 1806, at New London, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Isaac
Thompson, by the Rev. Charles Seabury of the P. E. Church, An-
thony Thatcher (see Thatcher Genealogy, by John R. Totten,
154
Record No. 850), b. Jan. 7, 1782, at Stratford, Ct. ; he lived in
New London where he was cashier of the New London Bank ; d.
Dec. 26, 1844, aged 62 y., at New London and was there bur. in
Cedar Grove Cemetery, tombstone. He was a son of Capt. John
Thacher of Stratford, Ct., by his wife Mehitable (Ufford) Thomp-
son of Stratford, Ct. Mrs. Mehitable (Ufford) Thompson was
the widow of Lieut. William Thompson of Stratford, Ct., and Dr.
Isaac Thompson who m. (1) Catherine6 Mumford (No. 353) and
(2) Sarah6 (Sally) Christophers (No. 344) was her son by Lieut.
William Thompson and hence the half-brother of Anthony Thatcher.
Children: 12 (Thatcher), 5 sons and 7 daus., all b. in New London:
422. Nathaniel Woodbridge,7 b. May 25, 1807; d. Nov. 13, 1874;
m. Sarah Bedinger.
423. Lucretia Mumford,7 b. Sept. 30, 1808; d. July 29, 1895; m.
Nathaniel Hazard Perry, U. S. Navy.
424. Mary Woodbridge,7 b. April 30, 1810; d. June 22, 1822, in
early girlhood.
425. John Christophers,7 b. Feb. 29, 1812; d. Dec. 20, 1884; m.
(1) Mary Fitch; m. (2) Mary Tyler Graves.
426. Eloise Hardy,7 b. Nov. 27, 1813; d. July 9, 1899; not m.
427. George Thompson,7 b. Jan. 20, 1816; d. May 24, 1895; m.
Harriet Amanda Lichtenberger.
428. Daniel Anthony,7 b. Sept. 3, 1817 (or 1819) ; d. Aug. 6 (or
16), 1891 ; not m.
429. Henry Perkins,7 b. Sept. 9, 1819 (or 1820) ; d. July, 1853;
not m.
430. Abigail (Abby) Mumford,7 b. June 21, 182 1 ; d. Oct. 18,
1897; not m.
431. Julia Hubbell,7 b. March 6, 1823; d. Jan. 31, 1906; m. Gen.
James Totten, U. S. Army.
432. Elizabeth Wetmore,7 b. Oct. 4, 1825; d. Sept. 22, 1910;
not m.
433. Mary Perkins,7 b. Oct. 16, 1830; d. Feb. 24, 1909; m. Col.
Augustus Gilman Robinson, U. S. A.
In addition to the above recorded 12 children, all of whom sur-
vived infancy, there were two others, twins, Anthony7 and Antoi-
nette7 who d. in infancy.
For a full record of the ancestors and descendants of Anthony
Thatcher, see the Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy, by John R. Totten.
N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, 1910-1918.
Authority :
Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy (N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record, 1910-1018),
record No. 850 and subsequent thereto.
361. Joanna6 Holt (Elizabeth5 Christophers, John,* Hon.
Christ'r.,3 Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. Jan. 21, 1794, at New
London, Ct. ; d. Oct. 27, 1846, aged 52 ; m. Feb. 21, 1816 (or March,
1816), Jason Allen Rogers, b. May 30, 1790; bapt. April 1, 1802,
at New London (birth date as recorded on monument Dec. 28,
1789) ; d. April 10, 1881. He was a son of James Rogers (b. Oct.
20, 1765, at New London; d. Feb. 7, 1835, at East Lyme, Ct.) and
his wife Mary or Polly Allen (b. April 22, 1764; dau. of Jason and
155
Lydia (Fox) Allen of Montville, Ct.) of New London, Ct., and of
Lyme, Ct., in 1800.
Children: 5 (Rogers), 4 sons and 1 dau. :
434. Mary L.,7 b. June 2, 1817; d. June 30, 1859; she was a
school teacher in New London.
435- John C.,T b. Sept. 24, 1818; d. Dec. 9, 1841, at Mobile, Ala.
436. James A.,T b. May 15, 1820; d. Sept. 25, 1868, at San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
437. William F.,7 b. June 5, 1824; d. Aug. 18, 1849, at Tuolumne,
Cal.
438. George,7 went to California and became a merchant.
In this connection see also Records Nos. 308 and 381 to 385,
inch
Authorities :
Holt Genealogy, pp. 237, 242, 255.
Hist. First Church, New London, p. 548.
James Rogers and his Descendants, pp. 209-10, 308.
Hist, of Montville, Ct., p. 432.
365. Francis William6 Holt (Elizabeth5 Christophers, John,*
Hon. Capt. Christ'r.,3 Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. Jan. 6, 1802,
at New London, Ct. ; m. Jan. 4, 1832, Jeannette Harris. She was
a dau. of Dyer and Lucinda ( ) Harris of New London.
Children: 6 (Holt), 4 sons and 2 daus., all b. in New London:
439. Andrew Harris,7 b. April 11, 1833 ; d. April 1, 1854, aged 21.
440. Henrv William,7 b. Sept. 5, 1835 ; lived in 1864 in Plainfield,
111.
441. Abby Elizabeth,7 b. Dec. 5, 1837.
442. Harriet Jeannette,7 b. Sept. 1, 1840.
443. John Christophers,7 b. July 6, 1842.
444. Francis Dyer,7 b. Nov. 18, 1846.
In connection with this record see also Records Nos. 312 and 386
to 391, incl.
Authority :
Holt Genealogy, pp. 242, 258, 272-3.
370. Abigail6 Chesebrough (Mary5 Christophers, Rich'd.,*
Hon. Capt. Rich'd.,3 Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. Jan. 26, 1761,
at New London, Ct. ; m. George Hazard Perry. He was a son of
Freeman Perry (b. Jan. 23, 1733; d. 1810-15) and his wife Mercy
Hazard (b. Jan. 21, 1740; d. 1810) who lived at Matunnock, R. I.
Children: 6 (Perry), 5 sons and I dan.:
445. George Hazard.7
446. Freeman,7 m. Hannah Peckham.
447. John.7
448. Gideon Babcock,7 b. Oct. 11, 1800; d. Sept. 30, 1879, at
Hopkinsville, Ky.; m. Abbv Stewart(dau. of Nathan Stewart
of Brookfield, N. Y.), d. July 14, 1887, aged 82 y. ; 4
children.
449. Harry.7
450. daughter.7
Authorities :
Chesebrough Genealogy, pp. 326, 428.
Hazard Genealogy, pp. 62-3, 105-6.
156
372. Henry6 Chesebrough (Mary5 Christophers, Rich'd.,4 Hon.
Capt. Rich'd.,3 Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. Sept. 30, 1764; he
lived at Whitestown, N. Y. ; d. Nov. 4, 1842; m. (1) Feb. 3, 1793,
at New London, Ct., Elizabeth8 Hurlbut (see No. 375), b. Jan. 23,
1764, at New London; d. Oct. 20 (or 30), 1794, at New London.
She was a dau. of Capt. Joseph Hurlbut of New London by his wife
Elizabeth5 Christophers (see No. 189), of New London.
Children: None.
Henry8 Chesebrough m. (2) Asenath Maxon ; m. (3) Elizabeth
Congdon who d. Aug. 6, 1851.
Children: 3 (Chesebrough), 2 sons and 1 dau., all b. in Brookfield,
N. Y., whether by 2nd or 3rd marriage, is not determined:
451. Elizabeth E.,7 m. Alonzo Phelps.
452. Harry,7 m. (1) Phoebe Nichols; m. (2) Emily Gritman.
453. Amos,7 b. May 29, 1827; d. Dec. 12, 1895; m. Lucy Ade-
laide Huntington.
Authority:
Chesebrough Genealogy, pp. 326, 428.
375. Elizabeth8 Hurlbut (Elizabeth8 Christophers, Rich'd.,*
Hon. Capt. Rich'd.,3 Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. Jan. 23,
1764; d. Oct. 20 (or 30), 1794, at New London, Ct. ; m. Feb. 3,
1793, at New London, Henry6 Chesebrough (No. 372), her own
first cousin, b. Sept. 30, 1764, at New London; d. Nov. 4, 1842; he
lived at Whitestown, N. Y. He was a son of Col. Amos Chese-
brough of New London, Ct., by his wife Mary5 Christophers (No.
188) of New London, Ct.
Children: None.
Henry6 Chesebrough m. (2) Asenath Maxon; m. (3) Elizabeth
Congdon, who d. Aug. 6, 1851.
Children: 3 (Chesebrough), 2 sons and 1 dau., all b. at Brookfield,
N. Y., whether by his 2nd or 3rd marriage is not determined :
454. Elizabeth E.,7 m. Alonzo Phelps.
455. Harry,7 m. (1) Phoebe Nichols; m. (2) Emily Gritman.
456. Amos,7 b. May 29, 1827; d. Dec. 12, 1895; m. Lucy Ade-
laide Huntington.
Authority :
Chesebrough Genealogy, pp. 326, 428.
376. Capt. Samuel6 Hurlbut (Elizabeth3 Christophers, Rich'd.,*
Hon. Capt. Rich'd.,3 Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. July 17,
1765, at New London ; m. June 2, 1796, Matilda Denison. She was
a dau. of Elisha and Elizabeth (Noyes) Denison.
Children: 10 (Hurlbut), 7 sons and 3 daus., all b. in New London:
457. Elizabeth Christophers,7 b. July 6, 1797; not m.
458. Joseph,7 b. Aug. 22, 1799; d. June 5, 1875; m. June 16,
1824, Mary Hattrick of New York: 11 children.
459. Elisha Denison,7 b. Sept. 3, 1801 ; d. Aug. 4, 1854, at El-
mira, N. Y. ; m. Aug. 12, 1828, Mary Purser, dau. of George
H. Purser of New York: 5 children.
460. Richard,7 b. July 24, 1803 ; d. Aug. 30, 1804, at New London.
461. Samuel,7 b. Mar. 4, 1806; d. Feb. 8, 1850, at Brooklyn,
N. Y. : not m.
157
462. John Denison,7 b. July 10, 1808; d. Aug. 2, 1879; m. July
18, 1831, Edwina Hicks of New York: 1 child.
463. William Williams,7 b. May 29, 1813; m. Nov. 25, 1839,
Elizabeth W. Butler, dau. of Silas Butler of New York:
no children.
464. George,7 d. July 15, 1846; m. June 21, 1836, Sarah Louisa
Lewis of Brooklyn, N. Y. : 3 children.
465. Matilda Denison,7 b. July 8, 1816; d. Mar. 25, 1837; m.
Aug. 12, 1834, Ebenezer Learned, Jr., of New London: 2
children.
466. Mary,7 b. May 27, 1820; d. July, 1820.
Capt. Samuel6 Hurlbut was at one time a midshipman in the
U. S. Navy; he was a merchant, ship chandler and sloop owner in
the West Indies trade and held many positions of trust and im-
portance in New London.
Authority :
Hurlbut Genealogy, pp. 96-7, 184-7, 437-
378. Hannah6 Hurlbut (Elizabeth5 Christophers, Rich'd.,*
Hon. Capt. Rich'd.,3 Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. Dec. 12,
1769, at New London; d. Aug. 30, 1855, at Brooklyn, N. Y. ; m.
Rev. William Patten, D.D., of Newport, R. I., d. Mar. 9, 1839, at
Hartford, Ct., aged 76.
Children : 7 (Patten), 3 sons and 4 daus. :
467. Ruth.7
468. William Samuel.7
469. Joseph Hurlbut.7
470. George W.,7 b. 1808, at Newport; U. S. M. A. Class 1830;
m. and left children.
471. Mary Ann.7
472. Charlotte,7 not m.
473. Florida Calhoun.7
Authorities :
Hurlbut Genealogy, pp. 57, 417-18.
Cullum's Register of Graduates, U. S. M. A., Vol. I, pp. 376-7, No. 622.
379. Mary6 Hurlbut (Elizabeth5 Christophers, Rich'd.,* Hon.
Capt. Rich'd.,3 Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. March 2, 1772
(or 1773) at New London; d. Nov. 18, 1803; m. June 26, 1800, at
Newport, R. I., George Dolbeare Avery, as his second wife, b.
Groton, Ct., Aug. 19, 1763; he lived at New London and in Ohio
and Virginia; he was a merchant in New London and an ensign
and captain in the military organization there 1794-5, and was an
inventor of great skill ; he d. April 16, i860, at Oxford, N. Y.
Children: None.
George Dolbeare Avery m. (1) April 1, 1790, at New London,
Mary (Richards) Champlin (widow of Ludovic Champlin, who d.
March 20, 1786, aged 39 and was bur. in Old Burying Ground, New
London, gravestone), b. Dec. 3, 1752; d. Jan. 28, 1799. She was a
dau. of Guy Richards (m. Jan. 18, 1747, at New London) and his
wife Elizabeth Harris, of New London, Ct.
Children: 3 (Avery) sons. Not in Christophers line.
158
1. George, b. Jan. 23, 1791 ; d. Nov. 22, 181 5, at New York
City, not m.
2. William, 1st, b. Nov. 29, 1793; d. Nov. 30, 1793.
3. William, 2nd, b. Jan. 24, 1796; d. June 8, 1796.
Authorities :
Groton, Ct. Avery Clan, p. 353.
New London Graveyard Inscriptions, by Prentis, p. 17.
381. Lydia6 Christophers (Lydia5 Mumford, Sarah4 Christo-
phers, Hon. Capt. Rich'd.,3 Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. Dec.
27, 1775, at Liverpool, Nova Scotia; d. Dec. 23, 1799, at Wiscasset,
Me.; m. April, 1797, Capt. Job Choate (as his first wife), b. Che-
bacco Parish, Ipswich, Mass., March 1, 1766, in the forenoon; he
was a sea-captain, master of his own vessel, and lived at Wiscasset,
Me., and d. at Baltimore, Md., while in port with his vessel Dec,
1813. He was a son of William Choate (b. Sept. 5, 1730, at Che-
bacco, Mass. ; d. April 23, 1785 ; m. Jan. 16, 1756) and his wife Mary
Giddings (b. March 27, 1732; d. Nov. 1, 1810, dau. of Job and
Margaret (Low) Giddings) of Ipswich (Chebacco), Mass.
Child: 1 (Choate) son, b. at Wiscasset, Me.:
474. Warren Christophers,7 b. Aug. 27, 1799; d. Sept. 2, 1874; m.
Aug. 12, 1839, Susannah Gluyas Drew, b. Aug., 18 13, at
Redruth, Cornwall, Eng. ; d. March 19, 1889. She was a
dau. of Solomon and Elizabeth (Gluyas) Drew. Warren
Christophers7 Choate lived at No. 310 Indiana Ave., Wash-
ington, D. C. : 7 children (see Choates in America).
Capt. Job Choate after the death of Lydia6 (Christophers)
Choate m. (2) Margaret Adams, who d. at Waddington, N. Y.,
1847 and by her he had 1 (Choate) son; not in Christophers line:
I. David Job, b. June 23, 1813; d. Oct. 28, 1892; m. Amanda
Cornelia Ebaugh.
In this connection, see also Records Nos. 336 and 393.
Authority :
Choates in America, pp. 62, 116, 215.
238. 5i Elizabeth6 Tinker (Elizabeth5 Deshon, Joseph* Deshon,
Ruth3 Christophers, Hon. Rich'd.,2 Hon. Christ'r.1), b. Aug. 24,
1793 ; d. Feb. 22, 1834, at Chesterfield, Ct., and was bur. there ; m.
John Fitch, b. Jan. 1, 1789, at Chesterfield, Ct. ; d. June 21, 1872, at
Montville, Ct., and was bur. there. He was a son of Thomas and
Mary (Allen) Fitch of Chesterfield (Montville), Ct.
Children : 7 (Fitch), 4 sons and 3 daus., all b. at Chesterfield (Mont-
ville) :
475. Thomas,7 b. Jan. 29, 1813; d. Dec, 1892, at New London;
m. at New London, Ann Smith.
476. Maria,7 b. Sept. 9, 1816; d. Jan. 22, 1901, at New Bedford,
Mass. ; m. John G. Fitch.
477. Elizabeth Cook,7 b. Feb. 24, 1819 ; m. Francis W. Fitch.
478. Harris Tinker,7 b. Sept. 24, 1821 ; m. Almira N. Brown.
479. John,7 b. Feb. 29, 1824; not m.
480. Mary,7 b. Aug. 5, 1828 ; m. New London, July 9, 1857, David
Walker.
481. George Goddard,7 b. Aug. 4, 183 1 ; m. Fanny Keeney.
159
Authorities :
Mrs. Mary (Walker) Raymond of New Bedford, Mass., on July 13,
1001 (see E. C. Brewster Jones female Brewster Notes, Mss. N. Y.
Gen. & Biog. Soc)
History of Montville, Ct., pp. 389-90.
CHRISTOPHERS ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.
P. 9, 26th line:—
The word to, between differing and Moore's, should read front.
P. II, 3rd line from bottom of page: —
Sarah3 (Latham) Mayhew, wife of John3 Mayhew was b. Oct.
30, 1674.
P. 12, 15th and 16th lines: —
John Lampheer should read James Lampheer.
P. 12:—
The record of the children of John3 and Sarah (Latham) May-
hew should read as follows : —
Children: 8 (Mayhew), 3 sons and 5 daus., all b. in New London.
17c. i. Sarah,4 1st, b. June 7, 1705; bapt. June 10, 1705; d.
June 15, 1705.
I7d. ii. Joanna,4 1st, b. June 8, 1705 ; bapt. June 10, 1705 ; d.
June 16, 1705.
17c iii. Wait,4 b. March 6, 1708; d. March 18, 1724-5; not
married,
-f- 18. iv. Elizabeth,4 b. Oct. 26, 1709; bapt. Oct. 30, 1709; m.
Dec. 23, 1729, Ebenezer Howard.
+19. v. Joanna,4 2nd, b. Jan. 28, 1710; bapt. Jan. 28, 1710; m.
, 1 750- 1, Samuel Beebe. On Oct. 7, 1783 Joanna
Beebe, a widow, sells to James Lampheer all rights, etc.,
in home lot which came to her from her brother, John
Mayhew (No. 21). This shows her to have been alive
and a widow on Oct. 7, 1783.
+20. vi. Sarah,4 2nd, b. Nov. 15, 1713; bapt. Nov. 22, 1713; m.
Oct. 2, 1740, James Lampheer (not John Lampheer as
printed).
21. vii. John,4 b. ; bapt. July 10, 1715; d. , 1746; not
m. ; he made his will Jan. 14, 1745, and in it he left
everything to his honored mother.
22. viii. Thomas,4 b. ; bapt. Oct. 20, 1717; d. Oct. 17, 1719,
The will of John3 Mayhew (No. 7) was dated Sept. 19, 1725,
and was proved Nov. 3, 1726. In it he mentions his wife Sarah,
daughters Elizabeth, Joanna and Sarah and son John, leaving his
daughter Joanna £10.
P. 13: The record of Wait8 Mayhew, No. 8, should read as
follows: —
8. Wait3 Mayhew (Joanna2 Christophers, Jeffery1), b. Oct. 4,
1680 ; bapt. Dec. 12, 1680 at New London, Ct. ; d. , 1707 ; not m. ;
administration on his estate granted to his brother John3 Mayhew,
No. 7, Sept. 30, 1707.
P. 13: Record No. 10, 4th line:
(or Tahman) should read (or Talman).
i6o
P. 20, 7th line from bottom of page:
Mary should read Ann.
Page 24, 7th and 8th lines should read:
He was a son of William and Mary (Willman) Albertson.
P. 24, 6th line from bottom of page, note, should read:
Mary (Willman) Albertson instead of Mary Wilmette Albertson.
P. 25: Record No. 18 should read as follows:
18. Elizabeth4 Mayhew (John3 Mayhew, Joanna2 Christophers,
Jeffery 1), b. Oct. 26, 1709 ; bapt. Oct. 30, 1709, at New London, Ct. ;
m. Dec. 23, 1729, at New London, Ebenezer Howard (son of Nathan
Howard), b. ; d. Nov. 3, 1766.
Children: 8 (Howard), 3 sons and 5 daus., all b. in New London:
50a. i. Elizabeth,5 b. Sept. 30, 1730; d. Jan. 10, 173 1-2.
-f-51. ii. Elizabeth,6 2nd, b. Dec. 25, 1731 ; bapt. July 16, 1732;
d. ; m. Dec. 4, 1748 (int. pub. Oct. 16, 1748), John
Monroe.
52. iii. Ebenezer,5 b. Nov. 11, 1733; bapt. April 21, 1734.
53. iv. Abigail,5 b. July 7, 1736; bapt. Aug. 29, 1736.
54. v. Sarah,5 b. March 25, 1739; bapt. May 27, 1739; d.
May 9, 1769.
55. vi. John,5 b. Oct. 3, 1740; bapt. June 6, 1742.
55a. vii. Mary,5 b. Sept. 28, 1743.
55b. viii. William,5 b. April 18, 1745 ; m. June 6, 1768, Martha
Crocker.
P. 26: Record No. 19 should read as follows:
19. Joanna* Mayhew (John,3 Joanna2 Christophers, Jeffery1),
b. Jan. 28, 1710; bapt. Jan. 28, 1710, at New London; d. (after
Oct. 7, 1783) ; m. (bet. May 7, 1750 and March 4, 1750-1)
Lieut. Samuel4 Beebe, as his 3rd wife, b. ; d. (previous
to Oct. 7, 1783). Lieut. Samuel4 Beebe m. (1) May 29, 17 10, at
New London, Sarah Tubbs, who d. Nov. 21, 1738 at New London;
he m. (2) May 14, 1739, Anna Harris (dau. of Asa Harris) who
d. May 7, 1750, aged 42. Lieut. Samuel4 Beebe by his 3rd wife,
Joanna4 Mayhew, is not known to have had any children. Lieut.
Samuel4 Beebe was a son of William3 Beebe of New London
(Samuel,2 John1). On Feb. 9, 1748-9 Samuel4 Beebe and his wife
Anna (Harris) Beebe, deed to his father, William3 Beebe. On
March 4, 1750-1, Samuel4 Beebe and his wife Joanna (Mayhew)
Beebe deed to his father William3 Beebe. On Oct. 7, 1783 Joanna
Beebe, widow, deeds to James Lampheer all her right in home-lot in
New London that descended to her from her brother John Mayhew.
P. 26: In view of more recent information record No. 20 should
read as follows:
20. Sarah4 Mayhew (John3 Mayhew, Joanna2 Christophers,
Jeffery1), b. ; bapt. Nov. 22, 1713, at New London, Ct. ; d.
, at ; m. Oct. 2, 1740, at New London, Capt. James3 Lam-
pheer (probably son of Theodosius2 (George1) and Rachel (Covey)
Lampheer of Westerly, R. I.), b. Nov. 22, 1710 at Westerly, R. I.
(probably) ; d. , at . Capt. James3 Lampheer was one of
the volunteers from Connecticut serving at the siege and fall of
i6i
Louisburg, Nova Scotia in 1745. Family tradition of doubtful
authority gives it that his father came from Nova Scotia to New
London in 1730; but it seems more likely that he came to New Lon-
don from Westerly, R. I. The tradition exists in the family that
the emigrant ancestor was a Huguenot, which may be so.
Children: 5 (Lampheer), 2 sons and 3 daus., all b. in New London:
56. i. Sarah,5 bapt. July 19, 1741, at New London.
57. ii. Mary,5 1st, bapt. June 12, 1743, at New London; d.
, young.
58. iii. Mary,5 2nd, bapt. Jan. 19, 1745-6, at New London; d.
Aug. 25, 1753, aged 8 years, and was bur. Aug. 26, 1753
at New London.
+59- iy- James,5 b. , 1747; d. March 6, 1820; m. Grace5
Deshon (Henry4 Deshon, Ruth3 Christophers, Richard2
Christophers, Christopher1 Christophers), see Record No.
222 of the descendants of Christopher1 Christophers,
which forms a part of this record. Neither the birth nor
baptism of this James5 Lampheer is to be found in the
New London records, but it is a firmly fixed belief in
the Lampheer family record that he was a son of Capt.
James and Sarah (Mayhew) Lampheer; and moreover
there is a gap of 6 years between the record of the child
Mary5 Lampheer, bapt. Jan. 19, 1745-6, and the child
Peter5 Lampheer, bapt. Xan. 19, 1751-2, which gives some
ground to the belief that another child may have been
born in between them in 1747. We know that a James
Lampheer married Grace5 Deshon May 22, 1776, at New
London and, based entirely upon the strength of family
tradition, we have recorded him as the child of James
and Sarah (Mayhew) Lampheer.
60. v. Peter,5 bapt. Jan. 19, 1751-2; d. Aug. 25, 1753, aged
\y2 yrs. and was bur. Aug. 26, 1753.
In Hempstead's Diary, p. 280, under date of Oct. 20, 1734
(Sunday) we find:
" Lampheer and Mary Chappel was published." In Bailey's
Early Connecticut Marriages, Book II, p. 17, this marriage is re-
corded as follows : "Lemuel Lanthur and Mary Chappel were mar-
ried at New London, Dec. 26, 1734." I record these entries as by
some it has been thought that Capt. James Lampheer may have mar-
ried Mary Chappel as his first wife, before he married Sarah4 May-
hew. The above entry in Bailey of the name Lemuel seems to
dispose of this belief.
P. 40, 9th line from top of page:
Insert (2) before John Wiggin, Jr.
P. 59: Referring to Record No. 11 of Christopher3 Bradley: —
It appears that Mary2 (Christophers) Bradley- Youngs-Lynde,
the mother of Christopher3 Bradley, made her will Aug. 7, 1721,
which will was proved at the New London Probate Court, Aug. 6,
1724. The will shows that there was a pre-nuptial agreement ex-
isting between Nathaniel Lynde and Mary (Christophers) Bradley-
162
Youngs the widow of Col. Thomas Youngs (her second husband)
of Southold, by which it was arranged that she should have the right
to dispose of such estate as she was possessed of prior to her mar-
riage to Nathaniel Lynde. In this will she makes mention of the
following individuals : —
Loving brother Richard Christophers (No. 4 of this record).
Loving cousin Christopher Christophers (No. 12 of this record).
Loving cousin Richard Christophers (No. 13 of this record).
Loving cousin Mary Christophers, dau. of Cousin Christopher
Christophers (No. 45 of this record).
Loving cousin Mary Christophers, dau. of Cousin Richard
Christophers (No. 54 of this record).
Loving cousin Mary Young, wife of Joshua Young, and her dau.
Mary (No. 30 of the descendants of Jeffery1 Christophers).
Daughters of brother Richard Christophers (Nos. 17, 19, 21,
23, 24, 25, 26, of this record).
Two grandsons, Peter Bradley and Jonathan Bradley (No. 42 of
this Record).
Cousin Christopher Christophers, Executor.
From this will we therefore see that on Aug. 7, 1721, the testa-
trix had a grandson Peter* Bradley as well as a grandson Jonathan*
Bradley, and hence the number of children of Christopher3 Bradley
should be increased by one son, viz : —
42a. Peter,* b. (prior to Aug. 7, 1721) ; d. (certainly
alive Aug. 7, 1721, and possibly Aug. 6, 1724) ; he is men-
tioned in the will of his grandmother Mary (Christophers)
Bradley- Youngs-Lynde, dated Aug. 7, 1721, and proved
Aug. 6, 1724. His subsequent history is not known.
The fact that James* Bradley is not mentioned in this will of his
grandmother may be because his death possibly occurred on Feb. 6,
1723-4 (before the will was probated), and not as given on page
16, as Feb. 6, 1724-5. Or it may have been because he was a con-
firmed invalid and not expected to live when the will was made
in 1721.
P. 64, 25th line:—
Lyme, N. Y., should read Lyme, Conn.
P. 90, last line of the page, with reference to Sarah ? wife of
John Shackmaple, Senior: —
John Shackmaple, Senior, of New London, m. Sarah Townley,
daughter of Richard Townley, by his wife Elizabeth (Smith) Law-
rence-Carteret-Townley, of Elizabethtown, N. J. (See Townley
Chart in pocket of back cover of the work, The Lawrence, Chase,
Townley Estate, The Mystery Solved, by Frank Alden Hill). The
wife of Richard Townley was the daughter of Richard (called
"Bull") Smith, the patentee of Smithtown, Long Island, N. Y., by
his wife Sarah Folger Smith. Richard Smith died March 2, 1691-2.
He signed his will March 5, 1691, and it was proved May 2, 1693.
He must have drawn this will up some 11 years prior to officially
signing it, as in it he speaks of his daughter Lawrence (one time
wife of Captain William Lawrence, who died in 1680). Elizabeth
1 63
Smith was b. , in Smithtown, N. Y., probably; d. (she
made her will March 8, 1711-12, and it was proved July 23, 1712) ;
she is buried in Elizabethtown, N. J. Elizabeth Smith m. (1) ?
(intention published and license granted March 4, 1664) to Cap-
tain William Lawrence of Flushing, Long Island, N. Y., b. ;
d. , 1680 (prior to March 30, 1681). She m. (2) on or shortly
after March 30, 1681 (on which date she signed a pre-nuptial agree-
ment with her second husband), to Capt. Sir Philip Carteret who
was the first Governor of the Province of New Jersey, b. , at
; d. (will signed Dec. 10, 1682). She m. (3) ?
(probably shortly after Dec. 10, 1682 when Capt. Sir Philip Car-
teret made his will) to Richard Townley, b. , in , England ;
d. , 1707-8, intestate at ? and was buried in Elizabethtown,
N. J., by whom she had two sons and 1 daughter, Sarah Townley,
who m. John Shackmaple of New London.
Richard Townley came to America in the suite of Lord Howard,
Baron of Effingham, who succeeded Culpepper as Royal Governor of
Virginia from 1684 to 1688. He settled in Elizabethtown, N. J.,
where he became a Colonel of Militia. He was one of the Privy
Council of Deputy Governor Lord Neil Campbell in 1686. He
was a cousin of Jeremiah Townley of London, who was the father
of Margaret Frances Townley who m. Richard Chase and settled
in Maryland. For a full recording of the pedigree of Richard
Townley into the dim past, see the chart of Frank Alden Hill's
book above referred to. He was the 8th son of Nicholas and Joanna
(White) Townley of England.
P. 91, under head of record 191 we gather as follows: —
The Town Records of New London state: "Robert Colfax,
son of Mr. George Colfax and Lucy his wife, and Sarah Wilson,
daughter of Capt. Thomas Wilson and Sarah his wife, were mar-
ried in 1781." Hence the record of the children of John Shack-
maple, Jr., by his wife Elizabeth4 Christophers should be corrected
to read as follows : —
Children: 5 (Shackmaple), 2 sons and 3 daus., all' b. in New
London : —
190. i. Sarah,5 b. Wednesday, July 4, 1733 ; m. Capt. Thomas
Willson (or Wilson).
Children: 3 (Willson or Wilson), 1 son and 2 daus.: —
I. Sarah,6 b. ; d. Dec. 1, 1801 ; m. 1781 Robert3
Colfax (son of George2 (John1) Colfax (bapt.
New London, March 17, 1727-8; d. March 28, 1766
in his 38th year) and his wife Lucy ? of New
London, Conn.) bapt. New London, July 4, 1762.
Children: 5 (Colfax), 3 sons and 2 daus.: —
i. Robert,7 b. Feb. 10, 1782; m. Nov. 16, 1807,
Ann Colfax,
ii. George,7 b. Nov. — , 1783.
iii. Maria,7 b. July — , 1785.
iv. Harriet,7 b. Feb. 28, 1789.
v. William,7 b. Apr. — , 1791.
164
Robert Colfax, Senior, m. (2) June 24, 1803,
Elizabeth6 (Willson) Colfax, sister of his first wife
and widow of his brother Jonathan Colfax.
Children by this second marriage : None.
2. Elizabeth,6 b. ; d. ; m. (1) Dec. 15, 1783,
at New London, Jonathan3 Colfax (son of George2
(John1) Colfax by his wife Lucy ? of New
London), b. March 12, 1758; bapt. March 26, 1758
at New London; d. Jan. — , 1790.
Children: 3 (Colfax), 2 sons and 1 dau. : —
i. Jonathan,7 b. Jan. 15, 1785.
ii. Richard,7 b. Nov. 15, 1787.
iii. Elizabeth,7 b. March 3, 1789.
Elizabeth8 (Wilson) Colfax, widow of Jonathan
Colfax m. (2) June 24, 1803, Robert3 Colfax as
his second wife, his first wife having been her sister
Sarah6 (Wilson) Colfax who d. Dec. 1, 1801.
3. Thomas,6 b. ; d. ; m. (1) Sarah Durfee
(sister of Richard Durfee who m. Sarah Palmes,
dau. of Andrew Palmes who graduated Harvard
College 1703), b. ; d. .
Children: 2 (Wilson) daughters.
i. Maria.7
ii. Charlotte,7 m. James Edgerton.
Child: 1 (Edgerton) dau.: —
i. Sarah,8 who m. Edward Learned.
Child: 1 (Learned) daughter:
i. Elizabeth,9 who is said never to have
married.
Thomas,6 m. (2) Phebe Durfee (his wife's sister).
Children: 4 (Wilson), 1 son and 3 daus. —
iii. Sally.7
iv. Elizabeth.7
v. Louisa.7
vi. Thomas.7
191. ii. Elizabeth,6 b. Dec. 5, 1734; d. ?
192. iii. Lydia,5 b. July 2, 1736.
193. iv. John,8 same as in original article.
194. v. Richard,8 same as in original article.
P. 107: Under the head of Record No. 222, the children of Grace
(Deshon) Lampheer should read: —
Children: 9 (Lampheer), 4 sons and 5 daus., all b. in New London.
P. 107, next to last line on page:
The date of marriage of Sarah6 Lampheer should read March
22, 1798 (not March 12).
P. 108: The 9th child of Grace (Deshon) Lampheer should read
Daniel (not Grace as printed).
The End.
i65
SUPPLEMENTARY CORRECTIONS.
P. 101, Authorities, Mehitable (Coit) Chandler, should read Me-
hitable (Chandler) Coit.
P. 107, the four children of Daniel5 Deshon, by his third wife,
should be numbered, vii, viii, ix, x, respectfully, not v, vi,
vii, viii, as printed.
P. in, lines 9 and 10 from top of page; the order of the children
of Henry Deshon Cezanne should be reversed.
P. 127, 7th line from top of page, partnership spelled incorrectly.
P. 127, 18th line from top of page, leave out the dash ( — ) between
(Palmes) and Coit.
P. 127, Under head of children of William Coit, by his first
wife, the child Abigail is wrongly placed; she should head
the list.
P. 128, Record No. 313, Caroline Holt married Charles H.Clark.
P. 128, 3rd line from bottom of the page, Hallem should read
Hallam.
P. 139, Record No. 188, 5th line, Stonington spelled incorrectly.
P. 142, 18th line from top of page, Stoddard incorrectly spelled
Soddard.
P. 143, 8th line from top of page, Wilmington spelled incorrectly.
P. 146, 20th line from top of page, Hobston should read Hobson.
P. 147, 14th line from top of page, Elizabeth Christophers (Hins-
dale) Hobson should read Elizabeth Christophers (Kimball)
Hobson.
P. 150, 10th and nth lines from top of page, Grace (Christophers)
Chew should read Grace (Deshon) Chew.
INDLX
Abell, Lucy Huntington (Lef-
fingwell), 125
Margaret. 73
Sarah (Starr) Whipple-,
122
Simeon, 125
Thomas, 122
Acheson, Lida VV., 151
Acourt, Hannah, 102
Adams, Eliphalet, 64-67, 69, 70,
72, 86-7, 89, 139
Jonathan, 93
Lydia, 149
Lydia (Pygan), 139
Margaret, 145, 158
Mary, 93, 139
Akerly, Lucy D., 18-9, 57
Albertson, Abigail, 24
Abigail ( ), 24
Barbara (Simkins), 23-4
Chanty (Woodhull), 24
Child, 24
Clemone cor Clement), 24
Daniel, 25
Derrick, 24
Dinah (Coles), 24
Elizabeth, 24
Garret, 24
George F. R., 25
John Parker, 24
Joseph, 10
Mary, 24
Mary (Guion), 24
Mary— or Polly (Halsey),
24
Mary (Parker) 8-10, 23-5
Mary (Willman), 24, 160
Mary (Wilmette), 160
Richard. 24-5
Sarah (Conkling), 24
Sarah (McCoun), 24
Sarah (Wells), 24
Son. 24
William, 8, 9, 23-5. 160
Alden, , 137
Allen, Amelia, 142
Amelia (Taber), 93, 141
Dorcas (Bowes), 92
Elizabeth, 61, 85, 141, 143
Elizabeth (Christophers)
Shackmaple-, 63, 92-3
Emily (Chandler), 141
Emma Frances (Orr), 145
Eunice (Johnson), 141
Fitz John. 85
Frances TaT>er, 142
George, 142
Henry Nelson, 142
Infant, 93
James, 128, 133
Jane Cellina (Foster), 142
Jason, 144, 154
John, 142
Lewis, 93, 141
Lucretia Christophers
(Holt), 128, 133
Lucy (Johnson), 142
Lydia (Fox), 144, 155
Martha Helen (Foster). 142
Mary, 98, 144, 154, 158
Mary (Adams) Allen-, 93
Mary (Mansfield), 85
Mary (Prenus), 138
Mary Denison (Smith), 141
Molly (Prentis), 138
Nathaniel, 92, 142
Pardon Taber, 142
Polly, 144, 154
Ramona Berenice, 145
Samuel, 138
Allen, Samuel Taber, 142
Sarah (Burch), 142
Thomas, 63, 92-3, 141
Warren Barrett, 145
William, 141
Woodson, 86, 145
Alsop, Jemima, 16
John, iZ
Richard, 32
Ames, Abby Starr (Holt), 128,
133
Enoch D., 128, 133
Mary Mumford (Holt), 128,
133
Andrew, Eunice (Hall), 136
Samuel, 136
Andrews, ? 84
Arnold, Abigail (Wilbur), 74
Caleb, 74
Esther (Hamlin), 83
Jonathan, 83
Penelope, 74
Avery, ? 36
George, 158
George Dolbeare, 140, 157
Margaret (Corey) Lynde-. 36
Mary (Hurlbut), 140, 157
Mary (Richards) Champlin-,
157
William, 158
Ayer, Jemima (Youngs), 31, 34
John, 34
Aylsworth, Rohema, 121
Babcock, Benedict, 139
Gideon, 139
Mary (Chesebrough), 139
Sarah. 112
Backus, Elizabeth (Tracy), 123
Lucy, 69, 123
Samuel, 123
Badger, Elizabeth Ann, 130, 146-7
Lydia (Cogdell), 147
Thomas, 147
Bailey, Frederick W., 55-6, 62,
64, 66-7, 69, 70, 72-3, 80,
84, 89, 98, 100, 102-105.
113, 116-7, 119. 121, 126,
129, 132, 134-5, 137-139,
141, 143, 152, 161
Stephen, 7
Baker. Abigail (Bliss), 75
Daniel, 77
Elizabeth, 75
Fanny, 122
Fanny (Starr), 122
Jared, 77
Joshua, 75
Pemberton, 122
Phebe (Harris), 77
Sarah (Raymond), 77
Baldwin, Lydia, 125
Bayley, Mary, 82
Barber, Jonathan, 14
Barkley, Lawrence, 119
Bassett, Harriet, 117, 150
Baster, Susanna, 73
Baxter, Hannah, 70
Bears, Levi, 124
Lydia Turner (Leffingwell),
124
Bearty, Annabel, 143
Eliza (Pearson), 143
William, 143
Bedinger, Sarah, 154
Beebe, Anna 'Harris), 160
Joanna (Mayhew), 159, 160
Samuel. 159, 160
Sarah (Tubbs), 160
William, 160
Beers. Isaac, 121
Mary (Mansfield), 121
Sally Maria, 121
Belden, Samuel, 97
Sarah (Coit), 97
Berdan, Hiram. 146
Mary Marsh (Kimball), 146
Bevan, Elizabeth (Short), 28
Richard, 28
Billings, Abigail, 119
Abigail (Denison), 119. 125
Anna (Raymond), 77
Betsey, 119
Charles, 126
Dudley, 125
Henry, 70, 125
Lucretia, 126
Lucretia (Leffingwell), 70,
125-6
Mary, 126
Mary (Leffingwell) Rich-
ards-, 69, 119
Nathaniel, 119
Roger, 119, 125
Stephen, 77
William, 69, 119
Bishop, A. Justina, 118, 150
Daniel, 122
Mary (Perkins), 122
Bissell, Annie, 146
Black, Sarah (Coit) Lillibridge-,
135
William, 135
Blinman, Mary ( ), 44
Richard, 44
Bliss, Abigail, 75
Bocage, Elizabeth (Coit), 135
William, 135
Bolles, Eunice (Raymond), 77
Henry Delamore, 77
Mary, 141
Bond, Ann, 34
Henry, 64, 90, 94, 98
Booth, Constant, 56, 58, 82
Hannah (King), 82
Mary, 57, 59, 60, 81
Thomas, 9
William, 82
Bowdoin, James, 88
Bowes, Dorcas, 92
Braddick, (Fordom), 39
Abigail, 39, 65, 71, 101-2
Alice, 19, 39, 71
Christopher, 71
David, 39, 71
Ealce, 18-9, 39
Elizabeth, 39, 71
Henry, 71
John, 19, 39, 52, 63, 70-72,
94, 96-7, 101-2, 126
John Henry, 70-72
Jonathan, 102
Lucretia, 71
Lucretia (Christophers), 52.
70-1, 94, 96, 101
Margaret (Douglass), 71,
126
Mary, 39
Mary ( ), 39, 71, 101-2
Mary (Christophers) ?
63, 71-2, 94, 96-7, 101
Mary (Fountain), 126
Pegee (Douglass), 71, 126
Peter. 39, 71
son, 71
Bradford, Bridget (Comstock),
75-6
Eleanor, 75
1 68
Bradford, Nathaniel, 76
Sally, 123
Samuel, 75, 76
Sarah, 79
Bradley, Christopher, 21, 46, 49,
50, 54, 56, 57-60, 161
daughter, 82
Elizabeth, 4o, 57
Elizabeth (Brewster), 42-3,
45-6, 48, SO, 53-4, 57
Grant, 56-7, 82
Hannah, 46, 56-7, 82
James. 57, 59, 60, 162
Jonathan, 45-6, 56-60, 81-2,
162
Lucretia, 42, 46, 50, 57
Martha, 56-7, 82
Mary, 56-7, 82
Mary (Bayley), 82
Mary (Booth), 57, 59, 60,
81
Mary (Christophers), 42, 46,
49, 57, 60, 161-2
Mary (Conklyn), 82
Mary (Corey) ? 6, 7,
21, 54
Mehitable, 56-7, 82
Mehitable (Horton), 49, 57-
60
Peter, 21. 42-3, 45-6, 48-50,
53-4, 56-60, 82, 162
William, 6, 7, 21, 54, 60,
82
Brainard or Brainerd, Jane M.,
113
Jeremiah Gates, 139
Sarah (Gardiner), 139
Brandegee, Augustus, 68-9
John, 107
Mary Ann (Deshon), 107
Brewster, Benjamin, 3
Elizabeth, 42-3, 45-6, 50, 53-
4, 57
Eunice (Sunderland), 125
Fanny (Lemngwell), 123
Fanny (Starr) Baker-, 122
Grace, 48
Jonathan, 42, 51, 57, 114
Lucretia (Oldham), 42
Lucy (Lemngwell), 123
Mary, 51
Ohel, 125
Sally (Bradford), 123
Seabury, 122, 123
William, 42, 51, 57, 86, 95
Broadfoot, Andrew, 148
Charles Wetmore, 148
Frances Rebecca (Wet-
more), 148
Frank Hinsdale, 148
George Badger, 148
James B., 147, 148
James Baker, 148
John Barrett, 148
Mary ( ), 147, 148
Mehitable (Mumford), 143
Thomas Wetmore, 148
William, 143
William Gillis, 148
William Wilson, 148
Brooks, Elizabeth (Lampheer),
108
Jonathan, 112
Mary (Deshon), 112
Polly (Deshon), 112
Thaddeus, 108
Brown, Abigail, 35
Almira N., 158
Anna (Youngs), 40
Hannah, 32
James, 33
Joseph, 32
Lucretia (Leffingwell) Bill-
ings-, 70, 126
Mary (King), 18, 35, 39, 40
Mehitable (Vail), 32
Brown. Peter, 35, 39, 40
Rhoda (Youngs), 31, 33
Richard, 40
Thomas, 70, 126
Browne, William, 132
Buckingham, David, 49
Sarah (Lee), 49
Budd, Elizabeth (Corey) Hutch-
inson, 6, 18
Esther (or Hester), 18
Hannah ( ), 18, 33
Hester (or Esther), 18
John, 6, 18, 33
Mehitable, 60
Rhoda, 14, 33
Bullfinche, Mr. ? 90
Burch, Sarah, 142
Burgiss or Burgis, Eliab
Thomas, 111
George Thomas, 111
Harriet, 111
Lydia Maria, 111-12
Mary Ann Thomas, 111
Olive (Dudley), 111
Ruhamah (Gould), 111
Ruth, 108, 111-12
Sarah, 108, 111-12
Sarah (Deshon), 108-9, 111-
12
Thomas, 108-112
Burnham, Joanna, 152
John, 124
Lucy, 124
Burton, Sarah, 153
Burwell, Martha, 103
Busby, Abigail (Billings), 119
James, 119
Bushneli, Ann, 122
Ann (Lemngwell), 122
Caleb, 122
Mary, 69, 70, 122
Butler, , 20
Abigail, 130
Elizabeth W., 157
Silas, 157
Buttolph, George, 140
Elizabeth, 140
Byles, Mather, 77, 117
Calkins, see Caulkins
Betsey, 103
Camp, John, 121
Campbell, Neil, 163
Canfield, Margaret (Hamlin), 84
Samuel, 84
Capron, Hope ( ), 87
Sybel, 61, 80, 87
Walter, 87
Carpender, Mary (Parker) Al-
bertson-, 25
Nehemiah, 25
Carpenter, Elizabeth, 119
Carroll, John, 103
Lucretia (Coit) Young, 103
Carteret, Elizabeth (Smith)
Lawrence-, 162-3
Philip, 163
Case, Elizabeth, 20
Henry. 16, 17
J. Wickham, 10
Martha, 22
Martha (Corey), 16
Martha (Corwin), 17
Mary (Hutchinson), 36
Moses, 36
Caulkins, see Calkins
Betsey, 103
Frances Man waring, 2, 11-
13, 21, 26, 42-46, 50, 53,
55-58, 61-2, 64, 66-7, 69,
70, 72-3, 80, 89, 90, 93-4,
98, 105, 117, 119, 126, 128,
135, 137, 139
Hannah (Manwaring), 28
Jedediah, 28
Cezanne or Cizane or Cezane
Henry Deshon, 111, 165
James, 110-11
Lydia, 110-11
Lydia (Deshon), 110
Champhn, Elizabeth, 120
John, 120
Ludovic, 157
Mary (Richards), 157
Chandler, Emily, 141
George, 66
Mehitable, 65-6, 101-2, 165
Mehitabfe (Coit)*, 165
Sarah, 66
Chapman, Abigail (Braddick)
Coit-, 102
Elizabeth (Prentis) Hallam-,
138
F. W., 66-7, 94, 98
George, 138
Hannah (Acourt), 102
James, 102
Jeremiah, 102
Chappel or Chappell, Mary,
26, 161
Charles, II. of England, 52
Chase, Margaret Frances (Town-
ley), 163
Richard, 163
Chauncey, Abigail, 84
Nathaniel, 84
Sarah (Judson), 84
Chesebrough, Abigail, 139, 155
Amos, 90, 139, 156
Anna (York) Gavit-, 139
Asenath (Maxon), 139, 156
Desire, 139
Desire (Williams), 139
Elizabeth (Congdon), 139,
Elizabeth (Hurlbut), 139-40,
156
Elizabeth E., 156
Emily (Gritman), 156
Frances, 139
Harry, 156
Henry, 139, 140, 156
Lucy Adelaide (Hunting-
ton), 156
Lydia, 139
Mary, 139
Mary (Christophers), 90,
139, 156
Phebe (Nichols), 156
Richard Christophers, 139
Chester, Hannah, 121
Leonard, 121
Sarah (Williams), 121
Chestney, Cornelia ( ), 121
James, 121
Margaret, 121
Chew, Alice, 118
Frances, 117, 150
Grace (Deshon), 68, 117,
150, 165
Joseph, 65, 68, 117-19, 150
Lawrence, 119
Martha (Tayler), 117-18
Samuel, 118-19
Thomas, 117-19
Choate, Amanda Cornelia
(Ebaugh), 145, 158
David Job, 145, 158
Job, 130, 144-5, 158
Lydia (Christophers), 130,
144-5, 158
Margaret (Adams), 145, 158
Mary (Giddings), 145, 158
Susannah (Gluyas) Drew-,
145, 158
Warren Christophers, 145,
158
William, 145, 158
Christophers, ? 53
? (Chapman), 132
'Note: Should read Coit, Mehitable (Chandler), 165
i6q
Christophers, Abigail, 132
Abigail (Miller), 36, 117,
131, 153
Allen, 100
Anne, 132
Benie lor Berrie), 51
Christopher, 1, 2, 4, 26, 41-
5, 50, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61-
2, 68, 72, 79, 84-86, 143,
161-2
a daughter, 11
Elizabeth, 46-7, 54, 63, 79,
85, 87, 90, 92, 127, 130,
140, 156, 163
Elizabeth (Allen), 61, 8S,
143
Elizabeth (Brewster) Brad-
ley-, 43, 45, 50
Elizabeth (Manwaring), 55-
6, 61, 79, 87
Elizabeth (Mulford), 42, 46-
7, 89
Elizabeth (Saltonstall), 50,
63, 72
Esther, 44, 47, 55-6, 87
Grace, 51-53, 65, 150
Grace (Turner), 42, 51, 53,
68
Jane ( ), 2, 4
Jeffrey, 1-4, 11, 54, 71, 107
Jeoffery (i. e. Jeffrey), 3
Jerusha (Gardiner), 61, 79,
86-7
Joanna, 2, 4, 7, 11, 52-3, 69,
70
John, 41-43, 46-48, 50-1, 55,
•61-2, 79, 80, 86-7, 89, 99,
132
John Allen (or Allan), 85
Jonathan, 51
Joseph, 51, 63, 85, 99, 100,
130, 143
Katherine, 63, 100
Lucretia, 52-3, 61-2, 70-1,
86, 89, 94, 96, 101, 132,
149
Lucretia (Bradley), 42, 46,
50
Lucy, 52-3, 72-3, 132, 149
Lydia, 51, 53, 62, 66, 130,
144-5, 158
Lydia (Mumford), 85, 99,
130, 143
Margaret, 2, 3, 5, 8, 11,
16-7, 62
Mary, 42-3, 46, 48-9, 51, 53,
56-7, 59-64, 69, 72, 83-4,
86, 90, 94-7, 101, 117, 131-
2, 139, 150, 156, 161-2
Mary ( ), 41-3, 45
Mary (Picket), 48, 63, 89,
90
Peter, 51, 61, 86, 117, 131-2,
153
Rebecca W (Salton-
stall), 86, 132
Richard, 1, 26, 41-4, 46-8,
50-3, 55, 62-3, 68, 70, 72,
86, 89, 90, 94, 161
Richard Peter, 132, 150
Ruth, 26, 51-3, 67-8, 134
Sally, 132, 149, 153-4
Samuel, 47, 79, 87
Sarah, 61-3, 85, 87, 98-100,
116, 129-30, 153-4
Sarah (Prout), 50, 61-2, 79
(son), 51
Sybel (Capron), Crocker-,
61, 80, 87
Clapp, Esther (Coit), 135
Samuel, 135
Clark, Caroline (Holt), 128, 133,
165
Charles H., 128, 133, 165
John, 35
Rebecca, 35
Cogdell, Lydia, 147
Robert, 147
Cogswell, Mary, 48
Coit, ? 43
Abigail, 127, 165
Abigail (Braddick), 65, 101-
Ann, 135
Anne E. (Collins), 103
Augusta Dudley, 106
Benjamin, 97
Betsey (Calkins), 103
Boradil (Latimer), 97
Christopher, 135
Daniel, 51, 65-7. 99, 127,
135, 142
David, 103
Desire, 65
Elisha, 127
Elizabeth, 65, 69, 103, 120,
127, 135
Elizabeth (Ely), 103
Elizabeth (Frost) Short-, 28
Elizabeth (Palmes), 73, 127,
16S
Elizabeth (Palmes) Coit-, 73,
127
Elizabeth (Richards), 65
Elizabeth (Starr) Turner-
Jeffrey-, 67
Esther, 66, 135
Esther (Richards), 103
Grace, 101, 103
Grace (Christophers), .51
Hannah (Gardner) Potter-,
6S
Hannah (Jordan), 97
John, 51, 65, 97, 100-1, 103-
4
Joseph, 65, 73, 104, 120, 127
Justice ? 93
Katherine, 72, 97
Leonidas, 135
Levi, 127
Love, 98
Lore ( ) Rogers-, 72
Love (Richards) Rogers-, 97
Lucretia, 103
Lucretia (De Wolf), 98
Lucy, 127
Lucy (Smith), 103
Lucy Ann (Packer), 103
Lydia, 103, 127
Lydia (Christophers), 51, 66
Lydia (Lathrop), 120, 127
Lyman, 135
Margaret, 97
Margaret (Douglass), 72, 97
Martha, 101
Martha (Burwell), 103
Mary, 94, 97, 135
Mary (Christophers) ?-
Braddick-, 63, 72, 94, 97
Mary (Pierce), 65. 100-1
Mary (Stevens), 72, 97
Mary Wanton (Salton-
stall), 106
Mehetable, 66, 135
Mehetable (Hooker), 66,
135, 142
Mehitable, 65, 135, 165
Mehitable (Chandler), 65-6,
101-2, 165
Nancy (Pierce), 65, 100
Nathaniel, 63, 72, 94, 97
Prentis, 135
Rhoda, 103
Richard, 65, 101-4
Robert, 139
Russell, 98
Samuel, 65, 97, 102-3, 127
Sarah, 66, 97, 99, 104, 127,
135, 142
Sarah (Chandler), 66
Sarah (Lathrop), 127
Sarah (Mosier), 65, 104
Coit, Sarah (Prentis). 66, 88, 135
Sarah (Spalding), 127
Solomon, 28, 72, 97
Sylvia (Lewis), 103
Thomas, 106
William, 66, 73, 88, 97, 127,
135-6, 165
Cole, Mary, 38
Coleman, Hannah, 128
John, 128
Coles, Dinah, 24
Elizabeth (Albertson), 24
Samuel, 24
Colfax, Ann, 163
Ann (Colfax), 163
Elizabeth, 91, 164
Elizabeth (Wilsonj, 91, 164
Elizabeth (Wilson) Colfax-,
91, 164
George, 163-4
Harriet, 91, 163
Jonathan, 91, 164
Lucy ( ), 163-4
Maria, 163
Richard, 164
Robert, 91, 163-4
Sarah (Wilson), 91, 163-4
William, 163
Collins, Anne E„ 103
Mary, 83
Nathaniel, 83
Colver, James, 101
Mary (Pierce), 101
Comstock, Abigail North (Ray-
mond), 79
Anna (Stark), 76, 78-9
Bridget, 75-6
Charlotte, 79
Mary, 76, 78
Nathaniel, 76, 78-9
Perez, 79
Sarah (Bradford), 79
Cone, Abner, 124
Faith (Lemngwell), 124
Congdon, Charles, 139
Desire (Chesebrough), 139
Elizabeth, 139, 156
Conkling or Conklin or Conklyn
Abigail (Tuthill), 8, 22-3
John, 6, 8
Joseph, 8, 22, 82
Mary, 82
Mary (Bradley), 82
Sarah, 24
Sarah (Wickham), 22
Thomas, 23
Cook, Ebenezer, 74
Patience, 74
Patience (Gorton), 74
Cooper, Abraham, 10
Corey or Corye, Abigail, 7
Abijah, 18, 37
Abraham, 2, 3, 5-8, 11, 15-9,
37-8, 71
Alice — or Alee, Ealce-
(Braddick), 19, 39, 71
Alsop, 16
Ann ( ), 5, 6, 8
Braddick, 19, 39
Dorothea, 19
Dorothy, 6, 7, 18-9, 22, 38
Dorothy (Hobart), 6, 18-9
Ealce (Braddick), 18-9
Elizabeth, 5, 7, 17-9, 38
"Goodman", 6
Isaac, 6, 7
Jacob, 3, 17-8
John, 5-8, 16, 18-21, 39
Margaret, 8, 16-7, 19, 35
Margaret ( ), 8
Margaret ( ?), 7
Margaret (Christophers), 2,
3, 5, 8, 11, 14-7
Martha, 16
Mary, 6, 7, 16-8. 21, 34, 37,
39, 54
170
Corey or Corye,
Mary (Paine), S, 16-7, 19
Naomi ( ), 18
Neomi ( ), 37
Peter, 16
Phineas, 16
Russell. 36
Cornell, James, 121
Lucretia (Leffingwell), 121
Corwin, Martha, 17
Mary, 9
Cove, Israel, 1 IS
Lucy (Tinker), 115
Covel, Fanny, 106
Covey, Rachel, 160
Crocker, Martha, 160
Roswell, 61, 80, 87
Sybel (Capron), 61, 80, 87
Cromwell, Oliver, 135
Croom, Isaac, 143
Sarah (Pearson), 143
Culpepper, ? 163
Culver, Hannah (Huntington),
125
James, 101
Jonathan, 125
Mary (Pierce), 101
Roswell, 125
Sarah (Leffingwell), 125
Curtice or Curtis, Caleb, 29, 30
Elizabeth (Rider), 29, 30
Mary (Youngs), 29-31
Phebe A., 149
Sarah (Whittier), 29, 30
Dart, Susannah, 25
Davenport, James, 85
Davids, Abraham, 36
Elizabeth (Hutchinson), 36
Davis, ? 63, 100
Jems, 82
Katherine (Christophers),
63, 100
Mary (Bradley), 82
Mary P., 143
Dayton, George W., Mrs., 31
Dean, John, 25
Sarah, 25
Denison, Abigail, 119, 125
Anna (Raymond) Billings-,
77
Boradil, 114, 129
Deborah, 77
Desire, 74, 139
Elisha, 156
Elizabeth (Noyes), 156
George, 77
Matilda, 140, 156
Sarah, 126
Devereux, Ellen, 148
Deshon or Des Champs, Abbie
Emily, 107
Augusta Dudley (Coit), 106
Bathsheba (Rogers), 67, 105
Charles Augustus, 113
Christopher, 116, 134
Daniel, 51, 67-8, 104-7, 112-
13, 134, 165
Elizabeth, 115
Emeline Amanda (Smoot),
113
Fannie (Packwood) Rogers-,
106
Fanny (Covel), 106
Fanny (Thurston), 106
Frances (Robertson), 107,
112
Frances Elizabeth, 107, 112
Francis Bureau, 107, 113
George Theodore, 113
Giles Henry, 113
Grace, 26, 68, 107, 117, 161,
164-5
Harriet Elizabeth, 107, 112-
13
Harriet Thurston, 113
Deshon or Des Champs,
Henry, 26, 67, 105-6, 111
James, 106, 111
Jane M. (Brainard), 113
Joanna, 115
John, 67, 104, 107, 112, 114-
15
John James, 113
John Prentis, 116, 134
Joseph, 67-8, 114, 116, 134
Julia, 114
Lucretia, 109-10, 125
Lucy, 116, 134
Lydia, 110
Maria de Jesus (Morales),
113
Mary, 106, 112, 114
Mary (Lattimer), 68, 114
Mary (Prentis) Harris-, 68,
88, 116, 134
Mary Ann, 106-7
Mary Ann (Packwood), 106
Moses, 68, 115
Nannie, 114
Peter, 116, 134
Polly, 112
Richard, 68, 88, 116, 134
Ruth, 108-11
Ruth (Christophers), 51, 67-
8, 134
Sarah, 105, 108-9, 111-12,
115-16, 134
Sarah (Packwood) Robert-
son-, 107, 112-13
Sarah (Starr), 67, 105
Sarah Jane, fl3
Susannah, 116, 134
William, 106
William Augustus, 114
De Wolf, Lucretia, 98
Dexter, Franklin Bowditch, 84,
98, 132, 136, 150
Dickerson, Abigail, 38
Abigail (Reeve), 38
Abraham, 38
Bethiah, 38
David, 38
Dorothy (Corey), 18-9, 38
infant son, 38
John, 38
Jonathan, 38
Mary, 38
Ruhamah, 38
William, 18, 38
Dimond or Dymond, Elizabeth
(Bradley), 46
John, 46
Moses, 46
Ruth, 46
Thomas, 5, 46
Dolbeare, John, 79
Mary (Sherwood), 79
Sarah (Raymond), 79
Domeny or Dominy, Mary, 17,
Nathaniel, 37
Douglass, Daniel, 78
Jonathan, 52, 72
Lucy, 73
Lucy (Christophers), 52, 72-
Margaret, 71-2, 97, 126
Margaret, (Abell), 73
Pegee, 71, 126
Richard, 72-3, 97
Robert, 77
Sarah, 55, 76-7, 151
Sarah (Denison), 126
Sarah (Edgecome), 77
William, 126
Drew, Elizabeth (Gluyas), 145,
158
Solomon, 145, 158
Susannah Gluyas, 145, 158
Dudley, Anne, 95-6
Joseph, 95
Dudley, Olive, 111
Rebecca (Tyng), 95
Durfee or Durfey, Phoebe, 92,
164
Richard, 91-2, 118, 164
Sarah, 91-2, 164
Sarah (Palmes), 92, 164
Durrie, D. S., 128
Dwight, Timothy, 121
Dyar, A. G., 70
Abigail (Fitch), 70
Hannah (Baxter), 70
Joanna, 70
Joanna (Christophers) Lef-
fingwell-, 70
John, 70
Joseph, 70
Ebaugh, Amanda Cornelia, 145,
158
Edgecombe, Elizabeth, 103
Lord, 88
Edgecome, Sarah, 77
Edgerton, Charlotte (Wilson),
91, 164
James, 91, 164
Sarah, 91, 164
Eells. David. 41
Elizabeth (Starr), 41
Elliott. Abigail (Starr), 41
Clark, 41
Desire ( ) , 41
Euclid, 41
John, 111-12
Ellis, Elizabeth, 143
Ellsworth, Rhoda, 121
Ely, David, 103
Elizabeth, 103
Elizabeth (Richards), 103
Fanning, Hannah, 23
Nance, 23
Fenner, James, 142
Sarah, 142
Sarah (Jencks), 143
Field, D. D., 139
Fink, Eunice, 138
Fitch, Abigail, 70
Almira N. (Brown), 158
Ann (Smith), 158
Daniel, 78
Eleanor, 55, 76, 78
Elizabeth, 79
Elizabeth (Tinker), 115, 158
Elizabeth Cook, 158
Elizabeth Cook (Fitch), 158
Fanny (Keeney), 158
Frances W., 158
George Goddard, 158
Harris Tinker, 158
John, 115, 158
John G., 158
Maria, 158
Maria (Fitch), 158
Mary, 154, 158
Mary (Allen), 158
Sarah (Sherwood), 78
Thomas, 158
Folger, Sarah, 162
Fosdyck, Deacon ? 93
Foster or Forster, Jane Cellina,
142
Martha Helen, 142
Thomas, 44
Fountain, Mary, 126
Fowler, Noah, 109, 111-12
Ruth (Burgiss), 109, 111-12
Fox, Elizabeth (Coit), 103
Elizabeth Christophers
(Holt), 128, 133
John, 103
Lester T., 128, 133
Lydia. 144, 155
Frost, Elizabeth, 28
Gallup, John, 45
I7I
Gardiner, Jerusha, 61, 79, 86-7
John, 86-7, 89, 138-9
Jonathan, 139
Lion, 65, 89, 139
Lucretia, 139
Mary, 139
Mary (Adams), 139
Sarah, 139
Sarah (Palmes), 89, 138
Sarah (Saltonstall), 86
Gardner, Benajah, 75
Charlotte (Raymond), 75
Hannah, 65
Henry, 65
Mary, 49
Gavit, ? 139
Anna (York), 139
Giddings, Job, 145, 158
Margaret (Low), 145, 158
Mary, 145, 158
Glover, Elizabeth, 31
Gluyas, Elizabeth, 145, 158
Goddard. Alfred Mitchell, 1S1
Alice ( ), 151
Calvin, 151
Henry Perkins, 151
Julia Chester, 151
Levi Hart, 151
Lida W. (Acheson), 151
Louise (Marston), 151
Mary Woodbridge, 151
Mary Woodbridge (Per-
kins), 151
Goldsmith, Benjamin, 22
Mary, 22
Mary ( ) Conkling-, 23
Sarah (Wickham) Conklyn-,
22
Goodrich, ? 78
Ann (Prentis), 138
Charles W., 138
Elizabeth (Raymond), 78
Gorton, , 47
Patience, 74
Gould, Ruhamah, 111
Grade, Grace (Coit), 103
Walter, 103
Graves, Mary Tyler, 154
Matthew, 105, 126, 139. 141
Gray, Elizabeth, 73
John, 51, S3, 64, 68
Mary (Christophers), 51, 53,
64, 69
Samuel, 64, 73
Susanna (Baster), 73
Susannah (Langdon), 64
Greene, Mary (Picket) Christo-
phers-, 90
Nathaniel, 90
Patience (Cook), 74
Samuel, 74
Timothy, 90
Gregory, ? 124
Lydia Turner (Leffingwell)
Bears-, 124
Griffing or Griffin, ? 17
Christopher, 116, 134
Jasper, 7
Susannah (Deshon), 116,
134
Grignon, Rene, 68
Griswold, Charles, 152
Elizabeth, 55, 75-6
Ellen Elizabeth (Perkins),
152
George, 76
Hannah (Lynde), 76
Mary Ann, 152
Roger, 152
Sarah. 79
Gritman, Emily, 156
Gross, Alice, 107
Guion, Lewis, 24
Mary, 24
Haddock, Grace Webster, 147
Hall, Abigail (Wickham), 22
Daniel, 4, 13, 22, 27, 61
E. J., 142
Elizabeth, 13, 26
Elizabeth (Mayhew), 4, 13
Eunice, 136
Janet, 142
John, 136
Mary (Rutherford), 61
Rose, 148
Sarah (Walker), 142
Hallam, Abby Christophers, 149
Edward, 128, 165
Elizabeth, 135
Elizabeth (Prentis), 138
John, 138
Lucy (Christophers), 132,
149
Lydia (Adams), 149
Mary (Sage), 128
Orlando, 132, 149
Orlando Adams, 149
Phebe A. (Curtis), 149
Robert, 149
Robert A., 93
Robert Alexander, 149
Halleck, Fitz Greene, 110-11, 114
Hallock, , 21
Isaac, 24
Mary (Albertson), 24
Peter, 7
Halsey, Mary (or Polly), 24
Hamlin, Abigail, 84
Abigail (Chauncey), 84
Abigail (Talcott), 83
Christopher, 62, 83
Esther, 62, 83
George, 84
Giles, 3
Jabez, 61, 83-4
John, 83-4
Margaret, 84
Margaret (Phillips), 84
Mary, 83
Mary (Christophers), 61-2,
83
Mary (Collins), 83
Mehetable, 66, 142
Sarah, 62, 83, 128
Susannah (Newton) Whit-
tlesey-, 84
Handy, Mehitable, 143
Harris, Anna, 160
Asa, 160
Bridget (Turner), 108
David, 108-9
Dyer, 128, 144, 155
Edward Doubleday, 50, 56,
61, 71-2, 82
Elizabeth, 69, 120, 137, 141,
157
Elizabeth (Champlin), 120
Grace, 105
Janette, 128, 133, 144, 155
Jeanette, 128, 133, 144, 155
Joanna, 128
John, 120
Joseph, 101
Lucinda ( ), 128, 144,
155
Lucretia (Deshon), 110
Mary, 117, 134
Mary (Prentis), 68, 88
Mary (Trueman), 116, 134,
138
Peter, 88, 116, 134, 138
Peter Benjamin, 116-17, 134
Phebe, 77
Ruth (Deshon), 108-10
Simeon, 109-10
Temperance. 101, 150
William* 108
Hart, Maty, 131
Hartley, Richard, 43
Hartshorne, Mary, 138
Hattrick, Mary, 156
Haven or Havens, Abigail (Tut-
hill), 60
Henry, 60
John, 60
Patience (Tuthill), 60
Haxtun, Annie, 45
Hazzard or Hazard, Elizabeth,
74
Elizabeth (Raymond), 55, 73
George, 74
Hannah, 32
Hannah (Youngs), 14, 31-2
James, 32
Lucretia, 74
Mary, 14, 31-2
Mercy, 74, 155
Nathaniel, 32
Oliver, 55, 73-4
Patience (Cook) Greene-, 74
Penelope (Arnold), 74
Samuel, 14, 32
Sarah, 74
Hedge, ?, 95
Hempstead, Daniel Booth, 108
Elizabeth. 41
Esther (Richards) Prentis-,
138
Grace (Lampheer), 108
John, 62
Joshua, 12, 26, 47-8, 51-3,
56, 60, 63-4, 66-7, 69, 70-4,
80, 82, 86-7, 89, 90, 93-6,
98, 100-2, 104-5, 113, 115,
117-20, 126, 129, 132, 134-
5, 138, 141, 144, 161
Lucy ( ), 102
Nancy, 102
Robert, 10
Samuel Booth, 138
Henshaw, Daniel, 138
Sally Esther (Prentis), 138
Hicks, Edwina, 157
Higgins, David, 149, 152
Hill, Charles, 3, 43-4
Frank Alden, 162-3
Jane, 42
Octavia T., 148
Hillhouse, Rachel, 79
Sarah (Griswold), 79
William, 79
Hinman, ?, 84
Andrew, 140
Elisha, 140
Elizabeth ( ), 140
Elizabeth (Christophers),
90, 140
Mary (Noble), 140
Nathan, 90, 140
Hinsdale. Annie (Bissell), 146
Caroline Hallam, 146
Elizabeth (Wetmore), 130,
145, 148
Elizabeth Christophers, 146,
165
Elizabeth Christophers
(Wetmore), 146
Ellen (DevereuxL 148
Francxs-Bpoa-dfoot, 148
Grace Webster (Haddock),
147
Harriet (Johnston), 146,
148
Harriet Ann, 146
John, 130, 145-6, 148
John Theodore, 146
John Wetmore, 148
Mary ( ) Broadfoot-,
147-8
Mary Johnston, 147
Samuel Johnston, 146, 148
Sarah Wetmore, 146
Susan Maria (Loring), 146
Theodore, 146-8
Hobart, a daughter, 20
Alethea, 20
Ann# ( ), 20, 160
Daniel, 20
Note: *Incorrectly recorded Mary
172
Hobart, Dorothy, 6, 18-21
Elizabeth (Case), 20
Gershom, 20
Irene, 20
John, 20
Joshua, 19, 20
Josiah, 20
Margaret (Vassal), 19
Mary* ( ), 20, 160
Mary (Sunderland) Rains-
ford, 19, -20
Peter, 19, 20
Hobby, Moses. 131
Hobson, Elizabeth Christophers
(Hinsdale), 165
Elizabeth Christophers
(Kimball), 146-7, 165
Joseph, 146, 165
Holland, Mary, 75, 77
Holmes, Elizabeth, 147
Gabriel, 147-8
Hardy Lucien, 148
Laura Jane, 147
Laura Lydia, 148
Mary Maria, 148
Theophilus Hunter, 147-8
Wetmore, 148
Holt, Abby Elizabeth, 144, 155
Abby Starr, 128, 133
Andrew Harris, 144, 155
Caroline, 128, 133, 165
Christopher, 128, 133
Ebenezer, 79, 87, 127-8, 133
Elizabeth (Christophers),
79, 87, 127
Elizabeth Christophers, 128,
133
Francis Dyer, 144, 155
Francis William, 128, 133,
144, 155
Harriet Jeannette, 144. 155
Henry William, 144, 155
Janette (Harris), 128, 133,
144, 155
Jeanette (Harris), 128, 133,
144, 155
Joanna, 128, 133, 144, 154
Joanna (Harris), 128, 133
John, 101-2
John Christophers, 128, 133,
144, 155
Lucretia (Tinker), 102
Lucretia Christophers, 128,
133
Lucy ( ) Hempstead-,
102
Martha (Coit), 101
Mary Mumford, 128, 133
Nancy (Hempstead), 102
Richard Coit, 102
Robert, 102
Sarah (Strickland), 102
Hooker, Mary, 84
Mehetable, 66, 135, 142
Mehetable (Hamlin), 66,
142
Samuel, 66, 142
Horton, Barnabas, 56-7
Bethiah, 23, 31
Bethia (Wells), 56, 59
George F., 56
Jonathan, 56-9
Mehitable, 49, 57-60
Hough, Esther, 97, 119
Hannah, 27-8
John, 27. 119
Sarah (Post), 27
Howard, ?, 163
Abigail, 25, 160
Ebenezer, 12, 25, 159-60
Elizabeth, 25, 40, 160
Elizabeth (Mayhew), 12, 25,
159-60
John, 25, 160
Jonathan. 25
Martha (Crocker), 160
Mary, 160
Howard, Nathan, 160
Sarah, 25, 160
Sarah (Dean), 25
Susannah (Dart), 25
William, 160
Howell, Clemone — or Clement —
(Albertson), 24
Edward, 24
Howland, Elizabeth (Coit), 127
Nathaniel, 127
Hubbard, Abigail (Sage), 129
Eleazer, 129
Samuel Landon, 111
Sarah (Burgiss), 111-12
Hubbell, Anne (Law), 136
Nancy (Law), 136
Walter, 136
Huntington, Abigail, 121
Benjamin, 126
Elijah, 125
Hannah, 125
Lucretia (Leffingwell), 125
Lucy, 124
Lucy Adelaide, 156
Lydia (Baldwin), 125
Nancy (LefEngwell), 125
Nehemiah, 125
Hurlbut, , 43
Ann, 141
Edwina (Hicks), 157
Elisha Denison, 156
Elizabeth, 139-41, 156
Elizabeth (Buttolph), 140
Elizabeth (Christophers),
156
Elizabeth (Christophers),
Hinman-, 90, 140
Elizabeth Christophers, 156
Elizabeth W. (Butler), 157
George, 141, 157
Hannah, 140, 157
Hannah (Douglas), 140
John Denison, 157
Joseph, 90, 140-1, 156
Lois (Real), 141
Mary, 140, 157
Mary (Bolles), 141
Mary (Hattrick), 156
Mary (Purser), 156
Matilda (Denison), 140, 156
Matilda Denison, 157
Richard, 140, 156
Samuel, 140, 156-7
Sarah, 140
Sarah Louisa (Lewis), 157
Stephen, 140
Titus, 140
William, 141
William Williams, 156
Hutchinson, Abigail, 37
Benjamin, 17, 36-7
Deborah (Wills), 37
Elijah, 7, 17, 36
Elizabeth, 36
Elizabeth (Corey), 6, 7, 17,
18
Elizabeth (Tuthill), 37
Hannah (Tuthill), 37
John, 37
Kete, 36
Martha, 36
Martha (Corwin) Case-, 17
Mary, 36
Mary ( ), 36
Mary (Domeny), 17, 37
Mary (Hutchinson), 17, 36
Matthias, 36-7
Phoebe (Parsons or Pay-
son), 37
Samuel, 6, 7, 17, 37
Sarah J., 109
Son, 36
Thomas, 17
Hyde, Deborah, 109
James Nevins, 109
Mary Ann (Thomas), 109
Ingalls, Fanny Robertson, 113
Harriet Elizabeth (Thurs-
ton), 112
James Monroe, 112
Irving, Washington, 121
Jeffrey, Elizabeth (Starr)
Turner-, 67
John, 67
Jencks, Sarah, 143
Jennings, William, 10
Jessup, Abigail (Albertson), 24
Isaac, 24
Mary (Albertson), 24
Stephen, 24
Jewett, Deborah (Lord), 75
Joseph, 75
Lucy, 55, 75-9
Nathan, 75
Johnson, Eunice, 141
Lucy, 142
Sir John, 118
Johnston, Harriet, 146, 148
Samuel, 129, 146
Sarah (Sage), 129, 146
Jones, Emma C. Brewster, 51,
67, 69, 73, 86, 90, 95-6,
101, 103-5, 113-16, 120,
122, 126-7, 1301, 136-7,
143, 145, 159
G., 6
S., 6
Sarah, 104
Jordan, Hannah, 97
Judson, Sarah, 84
Keeney, Fanny, 158
Kelly, Elizabeth (Leffingwell),
123
Hezekiah, 123
Kimball, Caroline Young, 146
Elijah Huntington, 146
Elizabeth Christophers, 146-
7, 165
Elizabeth Christophers
(Hinsdale), 146
Lucy Young, 146
Mary (Marsh), 146
Mary Marsh, 146
Richard, 146
Sarah Frances, 146
Sarah Wetmore (Hinsdale),
146
King, Abigail (Brown), 35
Abraham, 17, 35
Absalom, 35
Deliverance, 8, 60
Experience (Youngs), 35
Frances (Ludlam), 82
Hannah, 60, 82
Hannah ( ), 34
John, 16-7, 34-5, 39
Margaret, 17, 35
Mary, 18, 35, 39. 40
Mary (Corey), 16-7, 34, 39
Mehitable, 35
Mehitable (Tuthill), 35
Nathaniel, 35
Phoebe (Youngs), 35
Samuel, 34, 82
Kirby, John B., Ill
Mary Ann Thomas
(Burgiss), 111
Lampheer or Lampher or Lamp-
here, , 26, 161
Caroline (Mason), 108
Daniel, 164
Elizabeth, 108
Grace, 108, 164
Grace (Deshon), 26, 107,
161, 164
Henry, 108
James.t 12, 26, 107-8, 159-61
John,: 12. 159
John Mayhew, 108
Notes: "Should read Ann.
tlncorrectly recorded John
[Should read James.
173
Lampheer or Lampber or Lamp-
here. Mary, 26. 107, 161
Mary (Chappel), 26, 161
Peter, 26, 161
Rachel (Covey), 160
Sarah, 26, 107, 161. 164
Sarah (Mayhew), 12, 26,
107, 159-61
Theodosius, 160
Landon, ?, 29
Bethiah (Tuttle), 30-1
Daniel. 14, 29
Hannah ( ), 31
JarecL 36
Martha (Hutchinson), 36
Martha (Youngs), 29
Mary (Youngs), 14, 29-31
Mary (Youngs), Curtice-, 31
Mary (Youngs) Landon-, 14
Nathan, 16, 31
Samuel, 14, 29-31
Langdon, Susannah, 64
Lanthur, Lemuel, 26, 161
Mary (Chappel), 26, 161
Latham, Cary, 12
Ellen Holdridge, 145
Henry Bradford, 129, 145
Jerusha (Latimer), 129, 145
Rebecca (Wells), 12
Sarah, 4, 11, 159
Thomas, 12
Lathrop, Abigail (Huntington),
121
Azariah, 121
Charles, 121
Ebenezer, 127
Joanna (Leffingwell), 121
Lydia, 120, 127
Lydia (Leffingwell), 127
Sarah. 127
Latimer or Lattimer, Boradil, 97
Boradil (Denison), 114,
129
Christopher, 129
David, 129
Elizabeth, 64, 87, 129, 134
Elizabeth (Hallam), 135
Elizabeth (Prentis), 88
George Gray, 135
Hannah (Picket), 48
Henry, 61, 85, 129
Jerusha, 129, 145
Joanna (Tinker), 115
John, 135
Jonathan. 114, 129
Joseph, 115
Lydia, 129
Mary, 68, 114, 129
Nicholas. 115
Peter, 48
Samuel, 88, 134-5
Sarah, 129
Sarah (Christophers), '61,
85, 129
Theresa (Tinker), 115
Law, Ann (Prentis), 88, 136
Anne, 136
Benjamin, 136
Christopher, 137
Elizabeth (Learned), 136
Eunice, 136
Eunice (Hall), Andrew-,
136
John, 136
Jonathan, 136
Lucretia (Wolcott), 136
Lyman, 136
Mary, 137
Nancy, 136
Prentice, 137
Rebecca (McComber), 136
Richard, 88, 136
Sarah, 136
William, 137
Lawrence. ? 43
Elizabeth (Smith), 162-3
William, 162-3
Lay, Caroline Young (Kimball),
146
Richard G., 146
Lazelle or Loysel, Loiselles,
Loyal, Lucretia (Deshon)
Thomas-, 110
Nicholas, 108-10
Ruth (Deshon) Harris, 108-
11
Lea, Elizabeth, 32
Learning, Jeremiah, 132
Learned, Ebenezer, 157
Edward, 91, 164
Elizabeth, 91, 136, 164
Matilda Denison (Hurl-
but), 157
Sarah (Edgerton), 91, 164
Lechmere, ? 118
Ledyard, Elizabeth (Saltonstall)
Christophers-, 63
Isaac, 63
Lee, Abner, 147
David, 131
Jedediah, 131
John, 131
Josiah. 86, 131
Lucinda, 147
Lucy ( ), 131
Lydia (Strong), 131
Mary (Christophers), 86,
131
Mary (Hart), 131
Sarah, 49
Sarah Fenner (Mallett), 143
Stephen States, 143
Thomas, 49
Leeds, Lucy (Deshon), 116, 134
William, 116, 134
Leffingwell, Alfred, 70
Alice, 125
Alice (Tracy), 69, 124
Ann, 122
Anna, 124
Anna Boyd, 124
Anna McBride, 124
Benajah, 52, 69, 70, 122-3
Betsey, 120
Christopher, 69, 120-1, 123
Cynthia (Williams), 69, 124
Daniel, 121
Dyar, 124-5
Elisha, 69, 109, 124-5
Elizabeth, 120-1, 123
Elizabeth (Coit), 69, 120
Elizabeth (Harris), 69, 120
Eunice (Sunderland) Brew-
ster-, 125
Faith, 124
Fanny, 121, 123
Frances (Thomas), 109,
125
Hannah (Chester), 121
Hannah (Waterman), 125
Hezekiah, 69, 123-4
Jeremiah Wetherell, 124
Jerusha, 121
Joanna, 69, 70, 121, 123
Joanna (Christophers), 52,
69, 70
Joseph, 69, 124
Lucretia, 70, 121, 125-6
Lucy, 123
Lucy (Backus), 69, 123
Lucy (Burnham), 124
Lucy Huntington, 124
Lydia, 121, 127
Lydia (Wetherell), 69, 123
Lydia Turner, 124
Margaret (Chestney), 121
Martin, 125
Mary, 69, 70, 119, 122-4
Mary (Bushnell), 69, 70
Mary (Morgan), 123
Mary (Thomas), 125
Miriam (Wood), 124
Nancy, 125
Oliver, 123
LL-mngwell, Philura Tracy, 125
Richard. 69, 123
Ruth (Webster) Perit-, 69,
121
Sally Maria (Beers), 121
Sarah, 69, 122, 125
Sophia, 124
Thomas, 69, 70
William, 121
Lenig, Ellen Douglass (Thomp-
son), 153
Fred., 153
Leonard, Cornelia, 152
Lester, Jonathan, 126
Lewis, Barnabas, 38
David, 115
Elizabeth (Corey), 18, 19,
38
Elizabeth (Lothrop), 38
James, 38
Jonathan, 18, 38
Joshua, 38
Sarah Louisa, 157
Sylvia, 103
Lichtenberger, Harriet Amanda,
154
LUlibridge, ?, 135
Sarah (Coit), 135
Lord, Deborah, 75
Richard, 43
Loring, Susan Maria, 146
Lothrop, Elizabeth, 38
John, 38
Mary (Cole), 38
Mercy (Sturgis), 38
Low, Margaret, 145, 158
Loyal, Lucretia (Deshon)
Thomas-, 110
Nicholas, 109-10
Ludlam, Frances, 82
Luther, Love (Coit), 98
William, 98
Lynde, Hannah, 76
Hannah (Newdigate or New-
gate), 49
Margaret (Corey), 16-7, 19,
35-6, 60
Mary (Christophers) Brad-
ley-Youngs-, 42, 48-9, 60,
161-2
Nathaniel, 42, 48-9, 55, 76,
161-2
Phoebe (Waterhouse), 35
Rebecca (Clark), 35
Samuel, 35
Sarah, 55
Sarah (Lee) Buckingham-,
49
Simon, 49
Susannah (Willoughby), 49,
Willoughby, 16-7, 19, 35-6
Lyon, Johanna, 142
Mackowsky, Richard, 99
Mac Rae, Frances Broadfoot
(Hinsdale), 148
James Cameron, 148
Mallet or Mallett, Caroline, 142
Charles, 142
David, 142
Edward Jones, 142
Henrietta, 142
Johanna (Lyon), 142
John, 142
Naomi ( ), 142
Peter, 142
Pierre, 142
Sarah (Fenner), 142
Sarah Fenner, 143
Sarah (Mumford), 142
Manning, Joseph B., 107
Sarah (Lampheer), 107
Mansfield, Achilles, 121
Mary, 85, 121
Mary (Prout), 85
Moses, 85
74
Manwaring, Adam, 56, 81
Bethia (Savil), 13
.Christopher, 77
•Deborah (Denison), 77
Eleanor (Raymond), 77
Elizabeth, 55-6, 61, 79, 80,
87
Elizabeth (Baker) Ray-
mond-, 75
Esther, 55-6, 81
Esther (Christophers), 44,
47, 55-6, 87
Hannah, 13, 27-8
Hannah (Hough), 27-8
infant, 56
Isaac, 80
John, 56, 77, 81
Josiah, 56, 81
Lucretia, 55-6, 81
Lucy, 80
Lydia, 80
Lydia (Plumbe), 56, 81
Lydia (Waterhouse), 55, 80
Oliver, 27-8, 55
Peter, 47, 55-6, 80
Robert, 75
Sarah. 80
Thomas, 44, 47, 55-6, 80, 87
Marsh, Frederick, 124
Joel, 146
Mary, 146
Sophia (Leffingwell), 124
Marston, Louise, 151
Mason, Caroline, 108
Elizabeth (Fitch), 79
Jeremiah, 79
Nancy, 79
Mather, Alice (Ransom), 151
Andrew, 130, 147
Elias, 147
John Perkins Cushing, 147
Lois, 151
Louise, 151
Lucinda (Lee), 147
Maria (Wetmore), 130, 147
Mary, 147
Samuel, 151
Maxon, Asenath, 139, 156
Mayberry, Rebecca, 138
Mayhew. Elizabeth, 4, 12-3, 25,
159-60
Joanna, 4, 12-3, 26, 159-60
Joanna (Christophers), 2, 4,
7, 11
John, 2, 4-5, 7, 11-2, 159-60
Mary, 5, 14, 30
Patience, 5, 7, 15
Sarah, 12, 26, 107, 159-61
Sarah (Latham), 4, 11-2,
159
Thomas, 12, 159
Wait, 4, 13, 16, 159
Mellaly, Elizabeth ( ), 137
Esther (Prentis), 88, 137
Michael, 88, 137
Miller, Abigail, 86, 117, 131, 153
Ann, 95
Anne (Dudley) Winthrop-,
95-6
Elizabeth, 96
Frances M., 153
Gurdon Jason, 96
Jeremiah, 95-6, 99, 100
John, 118, 131
John Still. 95
Julia (Deshon), 114
Katherine, 96
Lucy (Starr), 131
Margaret (Winthrop), 95-6
Margaretta, 95-6
Mary, 95
Mary (Christophers), 95
Mary (Mulford), 95
Mary ( SaltonstaU ) , 95-6
Minor or Miner, ?, 43
John, 27
Thomas, 104
Mitchell, Alfred, 151
Lucretia Mumford (Wood-
bridge), 151
Monroe. Elizabeth (Howard),
25, 40, 160
John, 25, 40, 160
Lydia (Plumbe), 40
Moore, Benjamin, 33
Calvin, 35
Charles B., 6-9, 15, 18-21,
29, 50, 57-59, 61, 82
Henry, 14
Luther, 32-3
Margaret (King), 35
Mary (Hazzard), 33
Mary (Vail), 32
Mary (Youngs), 31
Matsie (TuthiU), 33
Thomas, 31-2
Morales, Maria de Jesus, 113
Morgan, Elizabeth, 67
Mary, 123
Miriam (Murdock), 123
William, 123
Morse, Abner, 120, 138
Morton, Anna Livingston Reed
(Street), 146
Levi Parsons, 146
Lucy Young (Kimball), 146
Mosely, Hannah, 83
Mosier, Hugh, 104
Sarah, 65, 104
Sarah (Jones), 104
Mould, ?, 43
Mulford, Elizabeth, 42, 46, 89
John, 46, 89
Mary, 95
Mumford, Abigail Christophers,
133
Caleb, 99, 143
Catherine, 133, 149, 152-4
child, 98
Daniel Coit, 142
Elizabeth, 133, 143, 150
Elizabeth (Perkins), 133
Frances (Talbot), 143
George, 98-9, 130, 143
Giles, 143
James, 63, 98-9, 130, 143
James G., 100
John, 86, 132, 149
Lucretia, 133
Lucretia (Christophers), 86,
132-3, 149
Lucretia Christophers, 132,
153
Lydia, 85, 99, 130, 143
Mary, 133, 151
Mary (Robinson), 98, 130
Mehitable. 143
Mehitable (Handy), 143
Richard, 99
Robinson, 66, 99, 100, 142-3
Sarah, 99, 133, 142
Sarah (Christophers), 63,
98-100, 130
Sarah (Coit), 66, 99, 142
Murdock, Miriam, 123
Murly, Elizabeth (Mumford),
143
Thomas, 143
Murphy, James, 63, 100
Katherine (Christophers)
Davis-, 63, 100
McLary, ?, 138
Esther (Richards) Prentis-
H em p stead-, 138
William, 138
McComber, Rebecca, 136
McCoun, Mary (Townsend), 24
Sarah, 24
William, 24
MacRae, Frances Broadfoot
(Hinsdale), 148
James Cameron, 148
Newdigate or Newgate, Hannah,
49
Newgate or Newdigate, Hannah,
49
Newton, Mary (Hooker), 84
Roger, 84
Rogers, 124
Susannah, 84
Nichols, Phoebe, 156
Niles, Tabitha, 133
Noble, Mary, 140
Noyes, Elizabeth, 156
Olcott, Harriet Ann (Hinsdale),
146
William, 146
Oldham, Lucretia, 42
Orr, Ellen Holdridge (Latham),
145
Emma Frances, 145
Samuel, 145
Packer or Parker, ? (Chris-
tophers), 11
Abigail, 8-10, 22-3
Abigail (Tuthill) Conklin-,
8. 22-3
John, 2, 8-11, 22-3
Lucy Ann, 103
Margaret (Christophers)
Corey-, 8-11
Mary, 8, 9, 23-5
Mary (Corwin), 9
Mr., 11
Packwood, Abigail ( ), 106
Fannie, 106
Joseph, 93
Mary Ann, 106
Sarah, 107, 112-13
William, 106
Paine, Abigail (Wickham) Hall-,
22
Alice (Gross), 107
Barachiah, 107
Jemima (Alsop), 16
John. 16
Mary, 5, 16-17, 19
Mary (Lampheer), 107
Thomas, 22, 107
Palmes, Andrew, 73, 89, 92, 126,
164
child, 73
daughter, 73
Edward. 61, 89
Elizabeth, 73, 127, 165
Elizabeth (Gray), 73
Guy, 52, 73
Lucretia, 89
Lucretia (Christophers), 61-
2, 89
Lucy (Christophers) Doug-
lass-, 52, 73
Sarah, 89, 92, 138, 164
Parker or Packer, ? (Chris-
tophers), 11
Abigail, 8-10, 23
Abigail (Tuthill) Conklin-,
8, 23
Deborah, 126
John, 2, 8-11, 23
Margaret (Christophers)
Corey-, 2, 8-11
Mary, 8, 9, 23-5
Mary (Corwin), 9
Mr., 11
Nathaniel, 9
Timothy. 126
Parkhurst. C. D., 149
Parr, John, 9
Parsons, Eunice, 83
John. 37
Phoebe, 37
Robert, 37
Patten. Charlotte, 157
Florida Calhoun, 157
George W.. 157
Hannah (Hurlbut), 140, 157
175
Patten, Joseph Hurlbut, 157
Mary Ann, 157
Ruth, 157
William, 140, 1S7
William Samuel, 157
Payson or Parsons, John, 37
Phoebe, 37
Pearson, (Williams), 143
Annabel (Beatty), 143
Charles, 143
Eliza, 143
Elizabeth (Ellis), 143
Elizabeth (Mumford) Mur-
ly-, 143
Giles William, 143
Margaret McClurg (Wil-
liams), 143
Richmond, 143
Richmond Mumford, 143
Sarah, 143
Status, 143
Peck, Bela, 119-20
Betsey (Billings), 119
Elizabeth (Carpenter), 119
John, 3
Joseph, 119
Lucretia, 120
Lydia (Shipman) Spalding-,
120
Richard Leffingwell, 120
Peckham, Hannah, 155
Pellet, ?, 115
Pelletreau, ?, 7, 8
Pendleton, Joseph, 27
Patience (Potts), 27
Perkins, Abraham, 133
Cornelia (Leonard), 152
Elias, 133. 151-2
Elisha, 151
Elizabeth. 133
Ellen Elizabeth, 152
Henry, ISO
Jennie, 152
Joanna (Burnham), 152
Joseph. 122, 151-2
Lucretia Shaw (Wood-
bridge), 152
Lucretia Woodbridge, 152
Mary, 122
Mary (Bushnell), 122
Mary (Mumford), 133, 151
Mary (Richards), 152
Mary Ann (Griswold), 152
Mary Woodbridge, 151
Mary Shaw (Woodbridge),
150
Nathaniel Shaw, 152
Olive, 122
Olive Ellsworth, 152
Polly Shaw (Woodbridge),
150
Sarah (Douglas), 151
Tabitha (Niles), 133
Thomas Shaw, 152
Perrit, John, 69, 121
Ruth (Webster), 69, 121
Perry, Abby (Stewart), 155
Abigail (Chesebrough), 139,
155
(daughter), 155
Freeman, 74, 155
George Hazard, 139, 155
Gideon Babcock, 155
Hannah (Peckham), 155
Harry, 155
John, 155
Lucretia Mumford
(Thatcher), 154
Mercy (Hazard), 74, 155
Nathaniel Hazard, 154
Petty, ?, 60
E., 7
John, 82
Mehitable (Bradley), 82
Phelps, Alonzo, 156
Elizabeth E. (Chesebrough),
156
Phillips, Esther (Hamlin)
Arnold-, 8i
George, 83-4
Hope cStowe), 84
Margaret, 84
Piatt, John G„ 151
Julia Chester (Goddard),
151
Picket or Pickett, Adam, 48
Elizabeth (Mulford) Chris-
tophers-, 47-8, 89
Hannah, 48
Hannah (Wetherell), 48
John, 47-8, 52, 89, 90
Mary, 48, 63, 89, 90
Mary (Cogswell), 48
Pierce. Ann ( ), 100
Elizabeth (Starr) Eells-, 41
Mary, 65, 100-1
Nancy, 65, 100
Robert, 100
Stephen, 41
Pinevert, John, 63, 100
Katherine (Christophers)
Davis-Murphy-, 63, 100
Plumb or Plumbe, Elizabeth, 40
Esther (Manwaring), 55-6,
George, 47
John, 40, 81
Lydia, 40, 56, 81
Nathaniel, 55, 81
Pool, , 45
Post, Sarah, 27
Potter, Hannah (Gardner), 65
Joseph, 103
Joshua, 103
Lydia (Coit), 103
Stephen, 118
Thomas, 65
Potts, Patience, 27
William, 27
Prentis or Prentiss or Prentice,
Ann, 88, 136, 138
Catherine M., 138
Edward, 45, 64, 69, 73, 86,
89, 90, 94, 98, 101-2, 105,
116, 134-5, 137-8, 141, 158
Elizabeth, 88, 138
Elizabeth (Latimer), 64, 87
Esther, 88, 137
Esther (Richards), 88, 137-8
Eunice (Fink), 138
Henry Leonidas, 138
John, 44, 61, 87-8, 116, 137-
8
Jonathan, 51, 61, 64, 87, 138
Mary, 68, 88, 116, 134, 138 i
Mary (Christophers) Gray-
64
138
Mary (Hartshorne),
Molly, 138
Nancy, 138
Rebecca (Mayberry), 138
Sally Esther, 138
Sarah, 66, 88, 135
Sarah (Christophers), 61-2,
87, 116
Thomas, 52
Prince, Elizabeth, 75, 77
Mary (Holland), 75, 77
William, 75, 77
Prout. John. 44, 61
Mary, 85
Mary (Rutherford) Hall-, 61
Sarah, 50, 61-2, 79
Purser, George H., 156
Mary, 156
Pygan, Lydia, 139
Quarry, Robert, 91
Rackett, Absalom, 33
Benjamin, 82
Hannah (Bradley), 82
Hannah (Youngs), 33
Rainsford. Jonathan, 20
Mary (Sunderland), 20
Ranney, Esther (Sage;, 129
Stephen, 129
Ransom. Alice. 151
Laura, 115
Rathbun or Rathbone, Sarah
( ), 106
Sarah Amelia, 113
Raymond, Abigail North, 79
Anna, 77
Caleb, 78
Charlotte, 75
Charlotte (Comstock), 79
Christopher, 55, 76, 78-9
Daniel Fitch, 79
Edward, 55, 76-8
Eleanor, 77, 79
Eleanor (Bradford), 75
Eleanor (Fitch), 55, 76, 78
Elizabeth, 55, 73, 77-8
Elizabeth (Baker), 75
Elizabeth (Christophers),
47, 54
Elizabeth (Griswold), 55,
75-6
Elizabeth (Prince), 75. 77
Eunice, 77
George, 77
Hannah, 76-8
Hannah (Raymond), 76, 78
Jewett. 76
John. 47. 55, 75-6
Joshua, 54-5, 75-9
Josiah, 75
Lemuel, 76, 79
Louisa, 75, 77
Louisa (Raymond), 75, 77
Lucy, 76
Lucy (Jewett), 55, 75-9
M. D., 65
Martha (Smith), 77
Mary, 75-7, 79
Mary (Comstock), 76, 78
Mary (Raymond), 77, 79
Mary (Walker), 115-6, 159
Mehitable, 78
Mercy, 55, 74-6
Mercy (Raymond), 75-6
Mercy (Sands), 54
Mulford, 75
Nancy (Mason), 79
Nathan, 75
Nathaniel Lynde, 75, 77
Oliver, 76, 78
Rachel (Hillhouse), 79
Robert, 78
Samuel, 55
Sarah, 77-9
Sarah (Douglass), 55, 76-7
Sarah (Lynde), 55
Sylvanus, 77
William, 76
Real. Lois, 141
Reed, Thomas, 10
Reeves or Reeve, Abigail, 38
Bethiah (Horton), 23
Elizabeth (Wickham), 23
James, 22
Thomas, 23
Richards, , 98
Benjamin, 152
David. 103
Elizabeth, 65, 103
Elizabeth (Edgecomb), 103
Elizabeth (Harris), 137, 157
Esther, 88. 103. 137-8
Esther (Hough), 97, 119
George, 97, 119
Guy, 137, 157
Jerusha. 63. 87
John, 62, H9
Justice ?, 93
Love, 97
Mary, 152. 157
Mary (Leffinirwell), 69, 119
Mr. ?, 63
i76
Richards, Nathaniel, 69. 119
Rider, Elizabeth, 29, 30
Robertson, Catherine M. (Pren-
tis), 138
Frances, 107, 112
James, 137
John, 138
Mary (Law), 137
Patrick, 107, 112
Sarah (Packwood), 107,. 112-
13
Robinson, Augustus Gilman, 154
Mary, 98, 130
Mary (Allen), 98
Mary Perkins (Thatcher),
154
Rowland, 98
Rodgers, Jason A., 128, 133
Joanna (Holt), 128, 133
Rogers, Bathsheba, 67, 105
Benjamin, 103
Elizabeth (Hall), 13, 26-7
Fannie (Packwood), 106
George, 144
Grace (Harris), 105
Harris, 106
James, 98, 105, 109, .113,
121, 134, 144, 154-5
James A., 144, 155
Jason Allen, 144, 154
Joanna (Holt), 144, 154
John C., 144, 155
Lemuel, 97
Love ( ), 72
Love (Richards), 97
Mary (Allen), 144, 154
Mary L., 144, 155
Patience (Potts) Pendleton-,
27
Polly (Allen), 144, 154
Rhoda (Coit), 103
Samuel, 13, 26-7, 72
William F., 144, 155
Rutherford Mary, 61
Sage, Abigail, 129
(child), 129
Christopher, 129
Comfort, 83, 128-9
Ebenezer, 128
Esther, 129
George Hamlin, 129
Hannah, 129
Hannah (Coleman), 128
Jabez, 129
Mary, 128
Michael, 129
Sarah, 129, 146
Sarah (Hamlin), 83, 128
Salmon, John, 6
William, 9, 29, 30, 34, 82
Saltonstall, Anne Wanton, 132
Elizabeth, 50, 63, 72
Gurdon, 46, 51, 61-3, 87,
95, 99, 129
Hannah (Sage), 129
Jerusha (Richards), 63, 87
Lucretia (Lampheer), 108
Mary, 95-6
Mary Wanton, 106
Nathaniel, 108
Rebecca, 132
Rebecca W , 86, 132
Roswell, 99
Sarah, 86
Winthrop, 132
Sammis, Abigail (Corey), 7
John. 7
Sandiforth, Thomas, 39, 71
Sands, James, 54
Mercy, 54
Sanford, Elisha, 3
Hannah, 33
Samuel, 33
Satterly, Sarah, 22
Savage, James, 1, 2, 11. 20, 45,
50, 53, 62, 89, 98
Savil or Savel or Savell, Bethiah,
13, 27
John, 27
Sarah ( ), 27
Seabury, Charles, 153
Mary, 130
Shackmaple, , 45, 90. 98
Elizabeth. 91, 93, 164
Elizabeth (Christophers),
63, 90, 92, 163
John, 63, 90-3, 162-4
Lydia, 92, 164
Phoebe ( ) ?, 92
Richard, 92, 164
Sarah, 91, 163
Sarah ( ), 162
Sarah (Townley), 162-3
Shapley, Mary, 42, 116, 134
Shaw, Daniel, 101
Grace (Coit), 101
Mary, 150, 152
Nathaniel, 72, 101, 150
Temperance (Harris), 101,
150
Sherwood, Mary, 79
Sarah, 78
Shipman, Elizabeth (Leffing-
well), 120
Lydia, 120
Nathaniel, 120
Short, Charles, 13, 28
Elizabeth, 28
Elizabeth (Frost), 28
Joanna, 28
Joanna (Talman), 13, 28
Joseph, 28
Thomas, 28
Simkins, Barbara, 23-4
Sistare or Sistara, A. Justina
(Bishop), 118, 150
Charles G., 117-8, ISO
(child), sex nob stated, 118
Don Carlos, 118
Frances, 118
Frances Chew, 117, 150
Fred L. (or S.), 118, 150
Fred S. (or L.), 118, 150
Gabriel, 117, 150
Harriet (Bassett), 117, 150
Hattie B., 118, 150
Horace R., 118, ISO
Joseph, 117
Joseph Chew. 117, 132, 150
Julia L., 118, 150
Maria Jeba Molas, 118
Mary (Christophers), 117,
132; 150
Robert Hallam, 118, 150
William Molas, 118
Smith, Ann, 158
"Bull", 162
Eleanor (Raymond), 79
Elizabeth, 162-3
Frances Taber (Allen), 142
Gilbert, 77
Jesse Denison, 142
Levi, 79
Lucretia W., 70, 116. 119.
132, 147, 149-50, 153
Lucy, 103, 115
Martha, 77
Mary Denison, 141
Richard (alias "Bull"), 162
Sarah (Folger), 162
Sarah (Raymond), 78
Shubael, 78
Sol. 127
Smoot. Emeline Amanda, 113
Spalding, Asa, 120
Lydia (Shipman), 120
Sarah, 127
Spery, John, 3
Stark, Anna or Ann, 76, 78-9
Starr. Abigail. 41
Abigail (Talcott) Hamlin-,
83
Ann (Bushnell), 122
Starr, Benjamin, 105, 131
Burgess Pratt, 122
Christopher, 122-3
Christopher Hamlin, 83
Daniel, 41
Elizabeth. 41, 67, 122, 130
Elizabeth (Hempstead), 41
Elizabeth (Morgan), 67
Eunice (Parsons), 83
Fanny, 122
Hannah (Talman), 27, 40
Joanna, 122
Joanna (Starr), 122
Jonathan, 67, 69, 122, 130
Joseph, 41, 122
Lucy, 131
Lydia ( ), 105
Mary (Leffingwell), 122-3
Mary (Perkins) Bishop-,
122
Mary (Seabury), 130
Olive (Perkins), 122
Samuel, 41, 122
Sarah, 67, 105, 122
Sarah (Leffingwell), 69, 122
Timothy, 83
William, 27, 40-1
Stevens, Elizabeth (Starr), 122
James, 91
Mary, 72, 97
Moses, 122
Stewart, Abby, 155
Nathan, 155
Stoddard. Frances M., 94, 142,
165
Stowe, Hope, 84
Street, Anna Livingston Reed,
146
Strickland, Harriet (Tinker),
115
Ruel R., 115
Sarah, 102
Strong, Freedom (Woodward),
131
Jedediah, 131
Lydia, 131
Mary (Hart) Lee-, 131
Sturgis or Sturges, Mary, 38
Sunderland, Dorothy ( ), 20
Eunice, 125
John, 20, 125
Mary, 20
Sweetland or Swetland or
Sweatland, Ann (Bond),
34
Bethiah (Youngs), 14, 31,
34
Peter, 14. 34
Sweezy, John C, 10
Taber. Amelia, 93, 141
Elizabeth (Harris), 141
Pardon, 141
Tahman, see Talman or Tolman
Joseph, 13
Talbot. Frances, 143
Talcott, Abigail, 83
Alvan. 110, 112, 114
Hannah (Moselv), 83
Samuel, 83
Talman or Tolman, Bethiah
(Savel), 27
Elizabeth. 27
Hannah, 27, 40
Hannah (Manwaring), 13,
27-8
James, 27
Joanna, 13, 28
Joanna (Mayhew), 4, 13
John. 13, 27, 29
Joseph, 4, 13, 27-8
Samuel. 13. 27-8
Tatto-Bitton (an Indian), 44
Tayler. Martha, 117-8
Teague. Lucretia (Manwaring),
55-6, 81
Richard, 55, 81
77
Terry, Jonathan, 60
Lydia (Tuthill), 60
Mary (Hazzard) Moore-,
33
Mehitable (Tuthill), 60
Thomas, 33, 60
Thatcher or Thacher', Abby
Mumford, 154
Abigail Mumford, 154
Anthony, 132-3, 152-4
Antoinette, 154
Daniel Anthony, 154
Elizabeth Wetmore, 154
Eloise Hardy, 154
George Thompson, 154
Harriet Amanda (Lichten-
berger), 154
Henry Perkins, 154
John, 153-4
John Christophers, 154
Julia Hubbell, 154
Lucretia Christophers
(Mumford), 132-3, 153
Lucretia Mumford, 154
Mary (Fitch), 154
Mary Perkins, 154
Mary Tyler (Graves), 154
Mary Woodbridge, 154
Mehitable (Ufford) Thomp-
son-, 154
Nathaniel Woodbridge, 154
Sarah (Bedinger), 154
Thomas, Deborah, 125
Deborah (Hyde), 109
Ebenezer, 109
Edward, 109
Frances, 109, 125
Harriet Deshon, 109
Lucretia, 109
Lucretia (Deshon), 109-10,
125
Mary, 125
Mary Ann, 109
Sarah J. (Hutchinson), 109
Simeon, 109-10, 125
Thompson, Abbie Mumford, 153
Catherine (Mumford), 133,
149, 152-4
Catherine Elizabeth, 153
Elizabeth Woodbridge, 153
Ellen Douglass, 153
Ezra, 153
Frances M. (Miller), 153
Huldah, 149, 153
Huldah (Thompson), 149,
153
Isaac, 132-3, 149, 152-4
Israel, 149, 153
John Leland, 152-3
John Mumford, 153
Lucretia Christophers, 153
Mary Perkins, 153
Mary Perkins (Thompson),
153
Mehitable, 154
Mehitable (Ufford), 149,
153
Sally (Christophers), 132,
149, 153-4
Sarah (Burton), 153
Sarah (Christophers), 153-4
Susan, 153
William, 149, 153-4
Throop, William, 14
Thurston, Benjamin Babcock,
107, 112-13
Benjamin Francis, 113
Fannie, 106
Fanny Robertson, 113
Frances Elizabeth (Deshon),
107, 112
George, 106
George Edward, 113
Harriet Elizabeth (Deshon),
107, 112-13
Jeremiah, 112
Thurston, John Deshon, 113
Sarah ( ), Rathbun-, 106
Sarah (Babcock), 112
Sarah Amelia (Rathbone),
113
Tiffany, Louis C. 151
Mary Woodbridge (God-
dard), 151
Tinker, Charles, 115
a daughter, 115
Eliza. 115
Elizabeth, 115, 158
Elizabeth (Deshon), 115
Harriet, 115
Harris, 115
Joanna, 115
Joanna (Deshon), 115
John, 43
Joseph, 115
Laura (Ransom), 115
Lucretia, 102
Lucy, 115
Lucy (Smith), 115
Mary, 115
Sylvanus, 115
Theresa, 115
William, 115
Tooker, , 21
Torrey, Joseph, 73
Totten, James, 154
John R., 1, 133. 149, 153-4
Julia Hubbell (Thatcher),
154
Townley, Elizabeth (Smith)
Lawrence-Carteret-, 162-3
Jeremiah, 163
Joanna (White), 163
Margaret Frances, 163
Nicholas, 163
Richard, 162-3
Sarah, 162-3
Townsend, Mary, 24
Tracy or Tracey, Alice, 69, 124
Alice (Leffingwell), 125
Deborah (Thomas), 125
Elisha, 124
Elizabeth, 123
Elizabeth (Leffingwell), 123
Frederick, 125
Henry, 125
John, 123
Lucy (Huntington), 124
Uriah, 104
Trot, Catherine Elizabeth
(Thompson), 153
Stanley Griswold, 153
Trueman, Joseph, 116, 134
Mary, 116, 134, 138
Mary (Shapley), 116, 134
Tubbs, ?, 115
Sarah, 160
Turner, Bridget, 108
Elizabeth (Starr), 67
Ezekiel, 5
Grace, 42, 51, 68
John, 51
Jonathan, 108
Joseph, 67
Lydia, 123
Mary (Brewster), 51
Tuthill, Abigail, 8, 22-3, 60
Bethiah, 30-1
Bethiah (Horton), 31
Christopher, 33
Daniel, 46, 49-50, 56-60, 82
Deliverance (King), 8, 60
Elizabeth, 37
Hannah, 37, 60
Hannah (King), 60
Hannah (Tuthill), 60
Henry, 31, 57
John, 3, 7, 8, 33, 57, 60
Lydia, 33, 60
Mary, 60
Mary (Tuthill), 60
Matsie, 33
Mehitable, 35, 60
Tuthill. Mehitable (Budd), 60
Mehitable (Horton), 56
Mehitable (Horton) Brad-
ley, 57-60
Nathan, 60
Nathaniel, 60
Noah, 60
Patience, 60
Tyng, Rebecca, 95
Ufford, Mehitable, 149, 153-4
Vail or Vaile, Abraham, 32
Anna ( ), 31
David, 32
Elizabeth (Glover), 31
Elizabeth (Lea), 32
Elizabeth (Youngs), 14, 15,
Gamaliel, 32
Hannah (Brown), 32
Jeremiah, 14, 16, 31-2
Jonathan, 32
Joshua, 32
Mary, 32
Mehitable, 32
Silas, 33
Thomas, 32
Vassal, Ann ( ), 19
Margaret, 19
WUliam, 19, 20
Wadsworth, Eliphalet, 33
Mary (Youngs), 31, 33
Walker, Carlton, 142
Caroline (Mallet), 142
David, 158
Mary, 115-16, 159
Mary (Fitch), 158
Sarah, 142
Wanton, Ann, 132
Joseph, 132
Mary (Winthrop), 132
Warren, Admiral, 88
Mehitable (Raymond), 78
Moses, 78
Waterhouse, John, 35
Lydia, 55
Phoebe, 35
Waterman, Elizabeth, 126
Hannah, 125
Watrous, Frances Augusta, 151
John, 151
John Lucien, 151
Lois (Mather) Woodbridge-,
151
Louise (Mather) Wood-
bridge-, 151
Way, Daniel. 20
Irene (Hobart), 20
Webster. Peletiah, 121
Ruth, 121
Welch, Ann (Hurlbut), 141
John, 141
Wells, Bethia, 56, 59
Hugh, 12
Margaret (Corey) Lynde-
Avery-, 36
Mary, 14
Rebecca, 12
Samuel, 36
Sarah, 24
William. 59
West, Elizabeth (Raymond), 77
Joshua, 77
Wetherell, Daniel, 45, 48, 52
Grace (Brewster), 48
Hannah, 48
Harriet Lydia, 130
Joseph, 123
Lydia, 69, 123
Lydia (Turner), 123
Wetmore, Abigail (Butler), 130
Anna Troy, 148
Elizabeth, 130, 145
Elizabeth Ann (Badger),
130, 147
1 78
Wetmore, Elizabeth (Badger),
146
Elizabeth (Christophers),
85, 130
Elizabeth Christophers, 146,
148
Elizabeth Cogdell, 148
Elizabeth (Starr), 130
Frances Rebecca, 148
George Badger, 148
Ichabod, 85, 130, 146-7
Jeremiah, 130
Laura Jane, 147
Lydia Cogdell, 148
Maria, 130, 147
Mary, 147
Octavia T. (Hill), 148
Robert Smith, 143
Rose (Hall), 148
Samuel Hinsdale, 148
Sarah Christophers, 130
Thomas Badger, 148
William Hall, 148
William Robards, 149
Wheadon, Philena, 34
Wheat, Charles, 105
George, 105
Henry, 105
John Deshon, 105
Samuel, 105
Sarah (Deshon), 105
White, Joanna, 163
Whitfield, ?, 88
Whiting, Colonel, 76
Edward, 153
Fanny (Leffingwell), 121
Jabez Perkins, 153
John, 121
Lucretia Christophers
(Thompson), 153
Lydia (Leffingwell), 121
Mary ( ), 153
Rhoda (Ellsworth), 121
Rohema (Aylesworth), 121
Samuel, 121
William Bradford, 121
Whittaker, Thomas, 119
Whittier, Sarah, 29, 30
Whittlesey, Samuel, 84
Susannah (Newton), 84
Wickham. Abigail, 22
Abigail (Parker), 8-10, 22
Bethiah (Horton), 23
child, 23
Daniel Hull, 23
daughter, 23
Elizabeth, 23
Hannah (Fanning), 23
Jemsha, 23
John, 23, 31, 33
Joseph, 8-10, 22
Martha (Case), 22
Mary (Goldsmith), 22
Mary (Hazzard) Moore-
Terry-, 33
Mary (Youngs), 31
Nance (Fanning), 23
Wickham. Parker, 22
Sarah, 22
Sarah (Satterly), 22
Thomas, 23
Wiggin, John, 161
Wiggins, John, 18, 35, 39, 40
Mary, 19, 39
Mary (Bradley), 82
Mary (Corey), 18, 39
Mary (King) Brown-, 18,
35, 39
William, 82
Wilbur, Abigail, 74
Wildey, Anna Chesebrough, 153
Wiley, Lydia Cogdell (Wet-
more), 148
Philip Augustas. 14S
Williams, ?, 143
Benjamin. 130
Cynthia, 69, 124
Desire, 139
Desire (Denison), 74, 139
Elizabeth, 74
Harriet Lydia (Wetmore),
130
John, 74, 139
Lucretia Woodbridge (Per-
kins), 152
Lucy, 74
Marcy, 74
Margaret McClurg, 143
Mercy (Raymond), 55, 74
Sarah, 121
Thomas, 55, 74
Thomas W., 152
Willman. Mary, 24, 160
Willoughby, Susannah, 49, 55
Wills, Deborah, 37
Wilmette, Mary, 160
WUson or Willson, Charlotte, 91,
164
Elizabeth, 91-2, 164
Elizabeth (Shackmaple), 91
Louisa, 92, 164
Maria, 91, 164
Phoebe (Durfee), 92, 164
Sally, 92, 164
Sarah, 91, 163-4
Sarah ( ), 163
Sarah (Durfee), 91-2, 164
Sarah (Shackmaple), 163
Thomas, 91-2, 163-4
Winds or Wines, Barnabas, 6, 7
Mary, 7
Winthrop or Winthrope, Anne
(Dudley), 95-6
John, 3, 52, 95-6
Margaret, 95-6
Mary, 132
Waite, 52
Wait Still, 96
Wolcott, Lucretia, 136
Wood, Anna, 124
Anna (Leffingwell), 124
Anna Boyd (Leffingwell),
124
Anna McBride (Leffing-
well), 124
Wood, Mary (Leffingwell), 124
Miriam, 124
William, 124
Woodbridge, Elizabeth, 151
Elizabeth (Mumt'ord), 133,
150
Ephraim, 150, 152
Lois (Mather), 151
Louise (Mather), 151
Lucretia Shaw, 152
Lucretia Mumford, 151
Mary (Shaw), 150, 152
Mary Shaw, 150
Nathaniel Shaw, 133, 150-1
Polly Shaw, 150
Woodhull, Charity, 24
Woodward, Freedom, 131
Woolcott, Roger, 88
York, Anna, 139
Stanton, 139
Youngs or Yongs or Young,
Anna, 40
Benjamin, 3. 31, 34, 49, 50
Bethiah. 14-5, 34
Christopher, 16
daughter, 14
David, 7
Elizabeth, 14, 31, 33
Experience, 35
Gideon, 35
Hannah, 14, 32-3
Hannah (Sanford), 33
Henry, 103
Humphrey, 103
infant, 14
Jemima, 34
Johanna, 14
John. 14-16, 31, 33, 49
Joseph, 15-6
Joshua, 5, 7, 14-5, 29-34, 162
Lucretia (Coit), 103
Lydia Tuthill, 33
Mary, 14, 29-31. 33, 50. 162
Mary ( ), 49, 162
Mary (Christophers) Brad-
ley-, 42, 49, 50, 59, 60,
161-2
Mary (Gardner), 49
Mary (Mayhew), 5, 14, 29,
30
Mary (Wells), 14
Matsie (Tuthill) Moore-, 33
Mehitable, 33
Patience (Mayhew)?, 16
Philena (Wheadon), 34
Phoebe, 35
Rhoda, 33
Rhoda (Budd), 14, 33
Sarah, 21
Selah, Jr., 15-6, 29, 30, 33
T(homas?), 60
Thomas, 14-5, 31, 33, 42, 48-
50, 59. 60, 162
Wait, 16
William. 34, 50
Zerubbable, 14
Zofossbel, 15
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